[Admiralty Office] 20th July 1777
Sir
My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having received Accounts from Dunkirk dated the 18th Instant that the Greyhound Cutter2 sailed from thence the preceeding Night and was seen off Ostend the following Morning;3 I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you therewith that you may signify the same to the Captains of such of His Majesty's Cruizers as may sail from Portsmouth in order that in case of her coming to the Westward they may keep a good look out for her I am &c
Geo: Jackson D:S:4
1. PRO, Admiralty 2/555, 260.
2. Renamed Revenge.
3. Captain Conyngham took advantage of the departure of two British warships which had been patrolling off Dunkerque to slip out of port. See Andrew Frazer to Lord Weymouth, July 15.
4. A similar alert was sent to the Senior Officer at the Downes, PRO, Admiralty 2/555, 260-61.
