French Privateer frigate 'Le Romain' (1756)

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Le Romain
Nominal Guns	20	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1756	lesCorse
Home Port	Boulogne-sur-Mer - Picardy	lesCorse
Shipyard	Unknown	lesCorse
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Frigate (Frégate Légère)	lesCorse
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	lesCorse
Last known	1760	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentlesCorse
Length of Gundeck86' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)27.9328 (91′ 7″ Imperial)
Length of Keel76' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)24.6848 (80′ 11″ Imperial)
Between Perpendiculars91' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)29.5568 (96′ 11″ Imperial)
Breadth24' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)7.8358 (25′ 8″ Imperial)
Burthen250French Tonneaux245.729

Armament

1760Broadside Weight = 56.5 French Livre (60.9748 lbs 27.6572 kg)lesCorse
Gun Deck16 French 6-Pounder
Gun Deck4 French 2-Pounder
Gun Deck18 French Swivel

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1756ref:692
1758lesCorse
1760, lesCorse

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1756200 ref:692
1760200 ref:692

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1756Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921758Capitaine de CorsairelesCorse1760Capitaine de CorsairelesCorse

Service History

DateEventSource
1760

Build value : 128000 Livres Tournois

lesCorse

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

lesCorseHenri Malo, Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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