French Privateer 'La Constance' (1797)

Three Decks' Forum

Come and ask, answer or inform.

Recent updates

Update
William KeefeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1814
Update
Maximilian KeechBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1672
Update
George KeenorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1840
Update
John KeeneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1668-1673
Update
John KeenanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1809
Update
John KeenanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1812
Update
John James KeelingBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1812-1860
Update
Charles KeeleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1812-1863
Update
John AireBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
Update
James CollinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1811
See more...

Recent Comments

Eurydice (24) 1781-1834
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
(1781)
Topaze (32) 1793-1814
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1793)
Lively (Unknown) 1784-1784
British Unknown Gun
Unrated Cutter
(1784)
La Manche (20) 1800-1800
French 20 Gun
Privateer Unknown
(1800)
Eurydice (24) 1781-1834
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
(1781)
Topaze (32) 1793-1814
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1793)
Nassau (64) 1785-1799
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1785)
Wellesley (Unknown) 1801-1804
British Unknown Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
(1801)
Nassau (64) 1785-1799
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1785)
Impregnable (98) 1786-1799
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
(1786)
See more...

La Constance
Nominal Guns	12	ref:692
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1797	ref:692
Home Port	Nantes - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown	ref:692
Captured	25.1.1798	ref:692

Armament

1797Broadside Weight = 1 French Livre (1.0792 lbs 0.4896 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck4 French Swivel
Gun Deck12 French Canons de Fonte

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
179796 ref:692

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1797 - 25.1.1798Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
25.1.1798Taken by on the Lisbon Stationref:692

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Sunday 14th of June 2026 11:43

Admiralty Office, 20 February 1798: Letter from Captain Rogers, of his Majesty’s ship the Mercury to Earl St Vincent.
His Majesty’s ship Mercury, at sea, Jan 25 - My Lord, I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that this day at noon, the Burlings bearing south east forty-two leagues, I fell in with La Constance French brig privateer, belonging to Nantz, which I captured after a chace of five hours; she is a remarkable fine vessel, pierced for eighteen guns, but has only twelve six and nine pounders on board, and ninety-six men, copper-bottomed, quite new, sails very fast, and is only ten days from Nantz, on a cruize off the western islands. I have the honour to be, &c, Tho Rogers. [Hampshire Chronicle, 3 March 1798, ex London Gazette]

Make a comment about this page

Recent comments to other pages

Date posted	By	Page
Monday 15th of June 2026 19:02	Jon Miller	British Sixth Rate ship 'Eurydice' (1781) (24) 1781-1834 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship
Monday 15th of June 2026 18:59	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Topaze' (1793) (32) 1793-1814 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Monday 15th of June 2026 18:51	Jon Miller	British cutter 'Lively' (1784) (Unknown) 1784-1784 British Unknown Gun Unrated Cutter
Monday 15th of June 2026 18:48	Jon Miller	French Privateer 'La Manche' (1800) (20) 1800-1800 French 20 Gun Privateer Unknown
Monday 15th of June 2026 18:44	Jon Miller	British Sixth Rate ship 'Eurydice' (1781) (24) 1781-1834 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship

GDPR Statement