French Privateer 'La Comtesse d'Artois' (1781)

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La Comtesse d'Artois
Nominal Guns	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1781	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Captured	9.1781	BWAS-1714

Service History

DateEventSource
9.1781Taken by

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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Posted by Jon Miller on Friday 19th of June 2026 13:08

Apparently the Compte d'Artois rather than the Comtesse -

For sale by the candle, at the London Tavern, in Foxhole-street, Plymouth, on Friday the 29th of September, 1780, the large private ship of war, of 64 guns, Le Compte d’Artois, (prize to his Majesty’s ship Bienfaisant, and others), a prime sailor, French built at Bourdeaux, burthen 1500 tons, more or less, abounds with warlike and all other necessary stores… She is, beyond all dispute, a ship highly deserving the attention of thee publick, being the most capital one, by far, that has been offered for sale this War. Now lying at Plymouth, and there to be delivered. Vaughan, Winne, and Margetson, Brokers. [Exeter Flying Post, 15 September 1780]

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Friday 19th of June 2026 13:54	Jon Miller	The Hon. Samuel BarringtonBritish Naval Sailor Service 1740-1794
Friday 19th of June 2026 13:51	Jon Miller	Thomas TaylorBritish Naval Sailor Service 1778-1810
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