HMS Boreas (1757) and (20 guns) to intercept a French convoy in the Windward Passage. After sighting the five French vessels on the morning of 17 October, the British gave chase. Light winds slowed the chase so it was evening before "Boreas" could engage the 32-gun frigate "Sirène". French fire disabled "Boreas" aloft with the result that "Boreas" could not engage "Sirène" again until the following afternoon. "Boreas" emerged victorious from the engagement, capturing "Sirène", which suffered about 80 men killed and wounded, most of whom died later; "Boreas" lost only one man killed and one wounded. The French 20-gun corvette "Valeur", struck
USS Boreas (AF-8) or three-day delay, the cargo for No. 2 Load had arrived - frozen turkeys from the state of Washington. The USS Boreas started south on her first trip. A brief stop was made at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, then through the Panama Canal, and finally docking in San Diego in CalifGornia for another brief stop. Afterword, the USS Boreas set a course for Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Upon her arrival, all construction equipment and material was unloaded and the USS Boreas then returned to San Diego. The total duration of the voyage took 57 days (9,337 miles). For the next few