French Privateer frigate 'La Palme' (1675)

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La Palme
Nominal Guns	18	ref:677
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1675	ref:692
Home Port	Dunkerque - Flanders	ref:677
Shipyard	Dunkerque - Flanders	ref:677
Category	Privateer	ref:677
National Rate	Cinquième Rang	ref:677
Ship Type	Frigate (Frégate Légère)	ref:677
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	ref:677
Last known	1679	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:677
Length of Keel87'0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)28.2576 (92′ 8″ Imperial)
Burthen120French Tonneaux118.459

Armament

3.1675/76Broadside Weight = 52 French Livre (56.1184 lbs 25.454 kg)ref:677
Gun Deck8 French 8-Pounder
Gun Deck4 French 6-Pounder
Gun Deck4 French 3-Pounder
Gun Deck2 French 2-Pounder

25.3.1676Broadside Weight Unknownref:694
Gun Deck24 French Canons de Fer

1679Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck16 French Canons de Fer

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1675 - 1679ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
2.1676160 ref:677

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
2.1676 - 21.5.1677Capitaine de Corsaireref:6771677Capitaine de Corsaire, no dateref:6862.1678 - 5.1678Capitaine de Corsaireref:6771679Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
25.3.1676Attack on the convoy of Ostend
1.9.1676After undergoing repairs sailed from DunkirkB177
4.9.1676Returned to Dunkirk with a large Dutch smack laden with knitted hose from the London marketsB177
7.9.1676Engagment with the Dutch 32 gun vessel Neptune which was taken by boarding, together with her convoy of fishing smacksB177

Notes on Ship

Prizesref:692

By Captain Bart : St Joseph , Sainte Cornille , Tholen , Dauphin Doré , Bonne Aventure , Elephant , Suanenebourg

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B177Charles Boswell Norman, Book

ref:677Joe Seeten, Web Site

ref:686Patrick Villiers, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

ref:694Revue Neptunus, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by regis on Sunday 24th of January 2016 17:34

voir ce site pour les différents embarquements de Jean Bart

//seeten.univ-littoral.fr/q_jbart2.htm

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Thursday 18th of June 2026 16:59	Jon Miller	Robert DillonBritish Merchant Sailor Service 1770-1771
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