Cartier (1787 Ship)
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''Cartier'' was a brig launched in 1787 for the Bengal Pilot Service as a pilot ship operating at Balasore Roads. The French privateer
Robert Surcouf Robert Surcouf (; 12 December 1773 â€“ 8 July 1827) was a French privateer, businessman and slave trader who operated in the Indian Ocean from 1789 to 1808 during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Capturing over 40 prizes, he ...
captured her, and then used her to capture the
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''Triton'' on 29 January 1796. The British Royal Navy subsequently recaptured her.


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The brig ''Cartier'' operated in Balasore roads, in the Indian Ocean. On 21 January 1796 the French privateer corvette ''Émilie'', captained by Robert Surcouf, captured her. Surcouf had the four 6-pounder guns of ''Émilie'' mounted on ''Cartier'', renamed her ''Hasard'', (or ''Hazard''), and transferred aboard with 23 men. Two days later, ''Hasard'' encountered the East Indiaman ''Triton'', with a 150-man crew and 26 guns; despite the overwhelming superiority of ''Triton'', after haranguing his men, Surcouf approached under a British flag, before hoisting French colours at the very last moment and launching a violent assault. In the ensuing 45-minute battle, ''Triton'' suffered 5 wounded and 10 killed, including her captain, Captain Burnycat (or Burnyeat), and the first officer, Picket; The prisoners were transferred to ''Diana'', which Surcouf released against a 30,000 rupee ransom. Transferring to his new prize, Surcouf left ten men on ''Hasard'' as a prize crew and returned to
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(now Mauritius), on ''Triton''. During the journey back, in the month of February 1796, ''Hasard'' encountered the
74-gun The "seventy-four" was a type of two- decked sailing ship of the line, which nominally carried 74 guns. It was developed by the French navy in the 1740s, replacing earlier classes of 60- and 62-gun ships, as a larger complement to the recently de ...
, which recaptured her.


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