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HMS Pearl was a 32-gun Royal Navy frigate launched in 1762. She served in British North America during the American Revolutionary War, taking part in the Battle of Red Bank in October 1777 and the defence against a subsequent attack by a French fleet which was inconclusive. Pearl was part of the British fleet that captured the island of St Lucia in December 1778 and carried news of the victory to England, capturing the 28-gun Spanish frigate Santa Monica off the Azores on her return journey. Pearl captured the 28-gun French frigate Esperance while stationed off Bermuda in September 1780 and, in the following March, took part in the First Battle of Virginia Capes. Taken out of service in 1792 but recalled in 1793, Pearl narrowly escaped capture by a French squadron in 1798. In 1799, she joined Rear-Admiral George Elphinstone's fleet in the Mediterranean where she took part in the Battle of Alexandria in 1801. In 1802, she sailed to Portsmouth, where she was eventually sold in 1832. (Full article...)
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Hi Ykraps and congratulations. A draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits from you or from anyone else interested are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:34, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
- Looks good, Gog the Mild. Thanks for putting that together.--Ykraps (talk) 19:02, 25 November 2020 (UTC)