On her return, her commander, Sous-lieutenant de vaisseau Camelin, filed a false report, having also falsified his vessel's log.

[6] Between July and November 1790, Vanneau was under the command of Sous-lieutenant de vaisseau Motard, patrolling the southern coasts of the United Kingdom from Cherbourg.

They informed him that as they were unknown locally, no one would accept their bills drawn on their bankers in England, and that they needed £55 in total for their immediate support.

On being told the story, Erskine immediately stated that as he could better afford the loss than Gourly, should the captains fail to repay, he would lend them the money directly.

A few days later Vanneau took the men to Leghorn, where they were able to write bills and remit to Erskine the entire amount they owed.

Gilbert Elliot, the British viceroy of the Anglo-Corsican Kingdom, decided that it was necessary to clear out Capraja, which belonged to the Genoese and which served as a base for privateers.

He sent Lord Nelson in Captain, together with the transport Gorgon, Vanneau, the cutter Rose, and troops of the 51st Regiment of Foot in September to accomplish this task.

Unusually, Lord Nelson made a point of asserting his precedence on the board, after Waldegrave but ahead of the senior captain of the fleet, on the basis of his position as Commodore.

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