French Privateer 'Le Romain' (1762)

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Le Romain
Nominal Guns	16	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1762	ref:692
Home Port	Dunkerque - Flanders	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown
Captured	9.3.1762	ref:692

Armament

1762Broadside Weight = 2.5 French Livre (2.698 lbs 1.224 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck10 French Swivel
Gun Deck16 French Canons de Fonte

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1762128 ref:692
9.3.1762130 BG

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1762 - 9.3.1762Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
9.3.1762Taken by off UshantBG

Notes on Ship

CaptureBG

Admiralty Office, March 15 , 1762.

His Majesty's Ship the Essex, commanded by Captain Schomberg, being upon a cruize, on the 9th Instant, took off Ushant tbe Romain of Dunkirk a French Privateer of 20 carriage guns, mostly 6-pounders, besides swivels, with 130 men, commanded by M. de Cock, and has sent her into Portsmouth.

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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