Jean Baptiste Defraye (d.1797)

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Jean Baptiste Defraye

NationalityFrench
RolesNaval Sailor, Privateer
First Known Service10.4.1780ref:692
WifeClaire Félicité Broucke , widow of Jean Baptiste Charles Royerref:683
Last Known Service1797ref:692
Date of Death12.8.1797ref:683
Cause of Deathin the explosion of the Courageuxref:683

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1793	20.3.1793	L'Hirondelle (16) 1793-1793 French 16 Gun Privateer Unknown , Capitaine de Corsaire, and Commanding Officer	ref:692
1797		Enseigne de Vaisseau	ref:683

Notes on Officer

Homeportref:692

Dunkirk

Captainref:683

Captain of the state lugger "Courageux" : enseigne de vaisseau , no date for the grade

Commander of the Volontaires of the privateer "Commandant" of Royer

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:683Gilbert Buti, Philippe Hrodej, Digital Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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