Ship Thames Captured by French.

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Document ID	9808659
Date	22-04-1796
Document Type	Newspapers (Shipping News)
Archive	Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Citation	Ship Thames Captured by French.; PRONI D/2015/5/7; CMSIED 9808659
Link	20996

Transcribed from the Belfast Newsletter of
22 Apr 1796.

The Thames of Belfast laden with a valuable cargo
of linen cloth and provisions bound to Dominica was
taken by a French privateer and was retaken by H.M.S.
Unicorn and Penguin and brought into Cork.