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Le Comte de Flandre

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Nominal Guns10BWAS-1714
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1761BWAS-1714
Home PortDunkerque - Flanders ref:692
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1714
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1714
Ship TypeSnowBG
Captured28.9.1762BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen65French Tonneaux76.362 

Armament


1761Broadside Weight = 1 French Livre (1.0792 lbs 0.4896 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck4 French Swivel
Gun Deck10 French Canons de Fonte

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
176162 ref:692
28.9.176270 BG

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
1761 - 1762Capitaine de Corsaire
Pierre MilleFrench
Privateer
Service 1761-1762
ref:692

Service History


DateEventSource
28.9.1762Taken by
Diana (32) 1757-1793
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
BG


Notes on Ship


CaptureBG

Admiralty Office , October 1 , 1762
Captain Adams , of His Majesty's Ship the Diana, gives an account in his letter of the 29th past , dated in Yarmouth Roads, that the day before, the North Foreland bearing W. by N. distant 8 leagues, he saw a sail in the North East, to which he gave chace, and at half past 6 came up with, and took her .

She proves to be a French Snow Privateer, called the Count de Flandre, belonging to Dunkirk, of 10 carriage guns, and 70 men, commanded by Simon Hermuit of that port, and had taken nothing since, she came from thence.



 
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