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La Comtesse de la Serre

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Comtesse de Serre
Nominal Guns22BWAS-1714
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1757ref:692
First Commissioned1759ref:692
Home PortDunkerque - Flanders BWAS-1714
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1714
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1714
Ship TypeUnknownBWAS-1714
Captured22.5.1759BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen300French Tonneaux293.7 

Armament


1757Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck22 French Canons de Fonte

1759Broadside Weight = 2.5 French Livre (2.698 lbs 1.224 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck10 French Swivel
Gun Deck22 French Canons de Fonte

22.5.1759Broadside Weight UnknownBG
Gun Deck18 French Canons de Fonte

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1757209 ref:692
1759175 ref:692
22.5.1759187 BG

2 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1757Capitaine de Corsaire
Charles François RobertFrench
Privateer
Service 1757-1793
ref:692
1759 - 22.5.1759Capitaine de Corsaire
J.B. BauwensFrench
Privateer
Service 1759
ref:692

Service History


DateEventSource
22.5.1759Taken by
Adventure (32) 1758-1770
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
BG


Notes on Ship


CaptureBG

Admiralty Office, June 5.

Captain Moore, Commander of His Majesty's Ship the Adventure, has taken the Countess de la Serre French Privateer of 22 Guns, (but only eighteen mounted) and 187 men with 2 ransomers on board, after an engagement of 2 hours, in which the enemy had 26 men killed and 15 wounded, and the Adventure but two wounded.

 

Notice paiement with date capture 22/05/1759



 
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