by John Marshall

Summary

by John Marshall Royal Naval Biography — Lamborn… (1823)

In Mar. 1804, Captain Lamborn sailed for Barbadoes and Jamaica, in company with the West India trade; and on the 23rd. Jan. 1805, we find him destroying a French privateer of 1 gun and 27 men. In May following, he captured a Spanish privateer, mounting 1 long 18-pounder and 4 sixes, with a complement of 106 men, off St. Jago de Cuba. The Peterel was subsequently attacked, when proceeding from Jamaica to Charlestown, by a schooner full of men, who attempted to board her, but were repulsed with great loss. In the skirmish that took place on this occasion, the British had 2 killed and 4 wounded.
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