French Privateer frigate 'Le Saint Louis' (1692)

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Le Saint Louis
Nominal Guns	34	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1692	ref:692
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Frigate	ref:1585
Captured	30.7.1695	BWAS-1603

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen300French Tonneaux293.7

Armament

1692Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck34 French Canons de Fer

1694Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck34 French Canons de Fer

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1692 Principal Managing Ownerref:692
1694 Principal Managing Ownerref:692
1694 - 1695 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1692230with 300 Tx under Captain Le Redderef:692
1694228with 350 Tx under Captain Antoine de Geraldinref:692

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1692Capitaine de Corsaire , 300 Tx .ref:6921692Capitaine de Corsaire , 300 Tx .ref:6921692Capitaine de Corsaireref:15851694 - 1695Capitaine de Corsaire , 350 Tx .ref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1692

Took under Captain André Géraldin the ships "Candal" , "Quinkald" , "L'Aventure des Amis" , "Liberté" , "Paradis .

Took under Captain Le Redde the ships "Kendal" , "Prince Georges" , "Liberté de Rotterdam" .

ref:692
1692Took the Merchant ref:1585
1694

Took , from 1694 to 1695 , under Captain Antoine Géraldin the ships "Paix Couronné" , "Etoile du Jour", "Prospérité" , "Jeune Pecheur" .

ref:692

Notes on Ship

Same ship ?ref:692

in 1692 and 1694-1695

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

ref:1585 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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