French Privateer lugger 'Le Renard' (1799)

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Le Renard
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1714
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1799	ref:692
Home Port	Dunkerque - Flanders	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Lugger	BG
Captured	12.1.1800	BWAS-1714

Armament

12.1.1800Broadside Weight = 28.5 French Livre (30.7572 lbs 13.9508 kg)BG
Gun Deck14 French 4-Pounder
Gun Deck2 French Swivel

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
179954 ref:692
12.1.180065 BG

Service History

DateEventSource
12.1.1800

Sailed in the morning with 6 others Luggers from Boulogne-sur-Mer

BG
12.1.1800Taken by in the ChannelBG

Notes on Ship

Captain BG

Captain Jean Jacques Fourmentin : which one Fourmentin ??

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Thursday 28th of May 2026 18:37

London, undated: Distribution of prize money. To the crew of the hired armed cutter Union, for the capture of the French privateers Le Renard and Le Modeu, and at the recapture of the Atlas, by the Nemesis, will be paid their proportions arising from said captures and recapture on the 26th of February at Portsmouth. [London Packet, 18 February 1801]

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