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The Neptune, Capt.Wilson, arrived at Lancaster on the 10th July 1805, from Tortola. In company with two Liverpool ships, the Crescent and Hibernia, he had recaptured two American ships from the Spanish privateer Maria, Lono, of Porto Rico. One of the American ships, the Huntress, arrived at Lancaster the same day (see Source 1).
In a letter from Tortola, dated 31st December 1805, Capt.Wilson of the
Neptune, of Lancaster, reported to his owners Barrow & Mason,
that he had arrived safely the previous day, and that his ship was the
sole survivor of a fleet of 17 vessels that had left Madeira. The majority
of the fleet were captured by the Rochfort squadron some days after leaving
the island, only the Neptune and the Robert, of Lancaster,
escaping. The Robert was subsequently brought to by a frigate under
English colours, off Barbados. Capt.Wilson regarded the frigate as suspicious,
and made his escape
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