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Nelson states that he sent Dixon under a flag of truce to ask the French commander to surrender; he refused. The
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in March 1779. She was registered and established as a sloop on 19 March 1779, and launched in May that year, having commissioned in March under
Commander William Brown. After being launched she was sailed to
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463:. She underwent repairs and a refit at Sheerness for £2,981 between October 1787 and December 1788, recommissioning in November 1788 under Commander Jeremiah Beale.
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