[1] On Courageaux's second cruise, Captain Jean Barnard had a crew of 253 men and 28 guns.

[2] The French papers reported that Mary and three other vessels from a convoy from the West Indies, prizes to Courageux, had arrived in France on the 17th of April.

[4] Courageaux had left Pasajes in company with Grand Decide and Bordelais to intercept a convoy from Brazil.

After a chase of almost three days, and a one-hour running fight, Courageaux struck at 39°29′N 33°0′W / 39.483°N 33.000°W / 39.483; -33.000, which lies slightly west of the Azores.

[6] French,[7] and British sources,[8] agree that the Royal Navy commissioned Courageux as the sloop HMS Lutine.

The coincidence of two prizes with almost identical names being at the same place at the same time and both being taken into the Royal Navy in the theatre has resulted in some confusion of the vessels.