French Privateer cutter 'L'Escamoteur' (1782)

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La Résolue (18) 1798-1798
French 18 Gun
Privateer Unknown
(1798)
Phaeton (38) 1782-1828
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1782)
Seahorse (38) 1794-1819
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1794)
Charles John Moore MansfieldBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1772-1807
Sir Robert Lawrie (6^th Baronet of Maxwelton)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1847
Sir Graham Eden HamondBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1836
John AllenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1846
Sir Thomas Bladen CapelBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1792-1847
Thomas ManbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1825
Thomas CamelfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1799
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DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen65French Tonneaux76.362

25.9.1782Broadside Weight = 28 French Livre (30.2176 lbs 13.706 kg)BG
Gun Deck14 French 4-Pounder

Date# of MenNotesSource
178253 NNF-1774
25.9.178265 BG

DatesRankNameSource
1782 - 25.9.1782Capitaine de CorsaireBG

DateEventSource
23.6.1782Took the Schooner BG
22.9.1782

Depart from Dunkirk

Took a brig and a sloop

BG
25.9.1782Taken by with his 2 prizes : a brig and a sloopBG

ArmamentsBG

Pierced for 16 guns

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Sunday 14th of June 2026 18:29	Jon Miller	French Privateer 'La Résolue' (1798) (18) 1798-1798 French 18 Gun Privateer Unknown
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