French Privateer ship 'Le Duc d'Estissac' (1779)

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Le Duc d'Estissac
Nominal Guns	20	NNF-1610
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Launched	1779	NNF-1610
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1610
Shipyard	Boulogne-sur-Mer - Picardy	BWAS-1714
Category	Privateer	NNF-1610
Ship Type	Ship	NNF-1610
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1610
Captured	6.6.1781	BWAS-1714
Becomes	British sloop 'Duc d'Estissac' (1781) (18) 1781-1783 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Burthen180Ton

1779Broadside Weight = 60 French Livre (64.752 lbs 29.37 kg)ref:783
Gun Deck20 French 6-Pounder

DatesOwnerSource
1779ref:692

Date# of MenNotesSource
1779143 NNF-1774
1780125 NNF-1774

DatesRankNameSource
1779Capitaine de CorsaireNNF-17741779 - 1780Capitaine de CorsaireNNF-17741780 - 6.6.1781Capitaine de CorsaireNNF-1774

DateEventSource
1778

Buid value : 172258 Livres Tournois

Cost of the first cruise : 55650 Livres tournois

Total : 227908 Livres Tournois

ref:783
6.6.1781Taken by
6.6.1781Taken by

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by regis on Wednesday 23rd of March 2016 18:24

mise-hors of this privateer in page 30

fr.scribd.com/doc/24587267/La-guerre-de-course-en-France-de-Louis-XIV-a-Napoleon-Ier

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