Battalion was launched at Whitby in 1795. She traded with the Baltic and then in 1796 became a Liverpool-based West Indiaman. A French privateer captured her in 1797 in a single ship action as Battalion was outbound on her first voyage to Jamaica. The Royal Navy quickly recaptured her. She was last listed in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1797. Battalion first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1795. Battalion was sold to Liverpool in 1796. Her new owners sailed her as a West Indiaman. Battalion was sold for Livres 93,249, about £stg3800.
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| - Battalion was launched at Whitby in 1795. She traded with the Baltic and then in 1796 became a Liverpool-based West Indiaman. A French privateer captured her in 1797 in a single ship action as Battalion was outbound on her first voyage to Jamaica. The Royal Navy quickly recaptured her. She was last listed in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1797. Battalion first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1795. Battalion was sold to Liverpool in 1796. Her new owners sailed her as a West Indiaman. Battalion was sold for Livres 93,249, about £stg3800. (en)
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| - Battalion was launched at Whitby in 1795. She traded with the Baltic and then in 1796 became a Liverpool-based West Indiaman. A French privateer captured her in 1797 in a single ship action as Battalion was outbound on her first voyage to Jamaica. The Royal Navy quickly recaptured her. She was last listed in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1797. Battalion first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1795. Battalion was sold to Liverpool in 1796. Her new owners sailed her as a West Indiaman. Captain Thomas Oxton acquired a letter of marque on 4 January 1797. On 29 January Battalion, Oxton, master, was sailing from Liverpool to Jamaica when the French privateer Jeune Emilie captured her at 45°53′N 10°30′W / 45.883°N 10.500°W, after an engagement between the two vessels of three-quarters of an hour. Jeune Emilie was armed with 10 guns and eight swivel guns, and had a crew of 80 men. On 11 February HMS Triton took the 10-gun privateer brig Jeune Emilie, which was forty days out of Saint-Malo and had taken the sloop Friendship as well as the 10-gun letter of marque Battalion. Triton captured Jeune Émilie at 49°10′N 12°24′W / 49.167°N 12.400°W. Battalion was sold for Livres 93,249, about £stg3800. (en)
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