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L'Aventure

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Nominal Guns14BWAS-1714
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1796BWAS-1714
Home PortBordeaux - Guyenne BWAS-1714
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1714
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1714
Ship TypeUnknownBWAS-1714
Captured15.2.1799BWAS-1714

Armament


1796Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck14 French Canons de Fonte

15.2.1799Broadside Weight = 180 French Livre (194.256 lbs 88.11 kg)BG
Gun Deck10 French 36-Pounder Carronade
Gun Deck4 French Canons de Fonte

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1796
Jacques ConteFrench
Ship Owner
Merchant Sailor
Service 1793-1806
Principal Managing Owner
ref:692
1798 - 1799/02/15
Jacques ConteFrench
Ship Owner
Merchant Sailor
Service 1793-1806
Principal Managing Owner
ref:692

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1796110under Captain Lantonneref:692
1798105under Captain Daguerreref:692
15.2.1799113 BG

4 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1796Capitaine de Corsaire
Jean LimouzinFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1796-1813
ref:692
1796Capitaine de Corsaire
Pierre Louis François LantonneFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1796-1801
ref:692
1798Capitaine de Corsaire
Pierre DaguerreFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1798
ref:692
1798 - 15.2.1799Capitaine de Corsaire
Guillaume ReyFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1798-1799
ref:692

Service History


DateEventSource
1796

Took 7 prizes under Captain Lantonne .

Took under Captain Limousin 15 prizes : "Méduse" , "Richard" , ...

ref:692
1798

Took 7 prizes under Captain Daguerre : "Junon" , "Apollon" , "Suffolk" , ...

ref:692
6.2.1799

Depart from port

BG
15.2.1799Taken by
Flora (36) 1780-1808
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
on the Lisbon station
BG


Notes on Ship


CaptureBG

MY LORD , Flora, at Sea, 15th Feb. 1799.
Have the satisfaction to inform your Lordship, that I , this day, after a chace of 7 hours, captured L'Aventure French Privateer, of Bordeaux, mounting 14 guns, 10 of which were 36 Pound Carronades, (and which he have overboard during the chace) and 113 men commanded by Citizen Rey . She is 9 days out without making any capture and is reputed to be the fastest privateer of that place .
I have the Honor to be, &c. &c. &c.
R. G. MIDDLETON .



 
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Posted by AvM on Friday 7th of July 2017 15:20

I have just noted she was then EARL SPENCER (not LORD SPENCER)

According to Demirlac
She was armed at Bordeaux in 1796
from 9-1798 master Daugerre


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