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Jean-Louis PestelFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1793
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Le Cornélie (24) 1794-1797
French 24 Gun
6th Rate Frigate (Corvettes de Charge)
1795 Renamed "Calliope"
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Le Républicain (24) 1794-1799
French 24 Gun
6th Rate Corvette
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Pierre Dieudonné JaunezFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1806-1812
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Le Cygne (16) 1806-1808
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
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Jean-Baptiste LefebvreFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1804
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Endymion (16) 1805-1814
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Added
Fanfaron (16) 1804-1809
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
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Le Curieux (16) 1800-1804
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
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John Forbes

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service25.12.1800CSORN
Last Known Service6.1814CSORN

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
25.12.1800		Lieutenant	CSORN
17.3.1812		Commander	CSORN
11.1812	6.1814	Insolent (14) 1798-1818 British 14 Gun Unrated Gun-brig 1798 Renamed "Insolent" , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
1813		Erebus (18) 1807-1819 British 18 Gun Unrated Fireship , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
1.1813	10.1813	Havock (12) 1805-1834 British 12 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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