![]() ![]() Before 11 July she captured and destroyed Crown Prince of Poole, Street, master, which had been sailing from Newfoundland to Alicante. In June she captured and destroyed John, Geddes, master, which had been sailing from Liverpool to Oporto. She then captured two more merchant vessels. On 31 May Rattlesnake encountered a British frigate, but escaped by throwing all but two of her guns overboard. On 31 April she captured Henry Dundas, but released her after having taken off the most valuable part of her cargo. She apparently captured some eight merchant vessels in the eastern Atlantic, north of the equator. Rattlesnake was soon back at sea under the command of Lt. Schooner Eliza, which had been sailing from Nassau to Pensacola. ![]()
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