French Privateer ship 'Le Saint Louis' (1695)

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Le Saint Louis
Nominal Guns	42	BWAS-1603
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1695	BWAS-1603
Shipyard	St Malo - Brittany	BWAS-1603
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1603
National Rate	Troisième Rang	BWAS-1603
Ship Type	Ship	BWAS-1603
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1603
Captured	22.10.1696	BWAS-1603
Becomes	British Fifth Rate ship 'Saint Lewis Prize' (1696) (42) 1696-1701 British 42 Gun 5th Rate Ship

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck113' 0"Imperial Feet34.4424
Length of Keel93' 0"Imperial Feet28.3464
Breadth30' 6"Imperial Feet9.2964
Depth in Hold11' 3"Imperial Feet3.429
Burthen460 ¹⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen400French Tonneaux391.6

Armament

1696Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck40 French Canons de Fer

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1696220 ref:692

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1696 - 22.10.1696Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1696Took the Merchant ref:1585
22.10.1696Taken by BWAS-1603

Notes on Ship

Date capture ?ref:692

In Salein , 1/11/1696

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

ref:1585 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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Tuesday 16th of June 2026 16:00	Jon Miller	Lord Richard Howe (1^st Earl Howe)British Naval Sailor Marine Service 1736-1799
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