French Privateer frigate 'La Conception' (1688)

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La Conception
Nominal Guns	36	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1688	ref:692
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1603
Category	Privateer	ref:692
National Rate	Quatrième Rang	BWAS-1603
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1603
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1603
Captured	18.7.1690	BWAS-1603
Becomes	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Conception Prize' (1690) (32) 1690-1694 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck98' 0"Imperial Feet29.8704
Length of Keel81' 0"Imperial Feet24.6888
Breadth29' 6"Imperial Feet8.8561
Depth in Hold11' 5"Imperial Feet3.4798
Burthen374 ⁸⁹⁄₉₄Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen250French Tonneaux245.729

Armament

1688Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck36 French Canons de Fer

1689Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck36 French Canons de Fer

18.7.1690Broadside Weight UnknownBWAS-1603
Gun Deck32 French Canons de Fer

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1688 - 1689 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1688193 ref:692
1689193 ref:692

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1688 - 1689Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1688

Took the ships : "Nataniel" , "Plume de la Mer" and "Cygne" .

ref:692
c.1688

Took the ships "Richard" and "Marchand de Mochain" : ? listed for the 2 years 1688 and 1689 .

ref:692
1689

Took the ship "Fleur de Mai" .

ref:692
c.1689Took the Merchant ref:1585
18.7.1690Taken by off Rame HeadBWAS-1603

Notes on Ship

Same ship ?ref:692

french : 36 guns , 250 French Tx , 193 men for 1688-1689

british : 32 guns , 374 Tons Bm for capture in 1690

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

ref:1585 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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