Poisson Volant [SEP] country of origin
taken as prizes off "Buckiness" a few days earlier. "Poisson Volant" was quite new and had left Havre de Grace, France, some 18 days earlier.
- On 24 July 1797 captured the 4-gun letter of marque "Poisson Volant", Captain Latarte, off Cape Finisterre. She was bound from Bordeaux to Guadeloupe carrying wines and merchandise. Latarte's intent was to deliver his cargo after which he intended to cruise as a privateer in the West Indies. Captain Roberts of "Concorde" was of the
Wesson, sank the French privateer "Poisson Volant" in an engagement off Portland. He landed her crew at Weymouth. "Poisson Volant" was three days out of Dunkirk and had taken nothing. This "Speedwell" was probably a revenue cutter, and not ; HMS "Speedwell" was at Gibraltar and under the command of Lieutenant Gibson.
- In June 1795, and captured the 10-gun "Poisson Volante" in the Channel.
- On 30 September 1795, captured the brig "Poisson Volant" on the