French Privateer 'La Comtesse de la Marck' (1745)

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La Comtesse de la Marck
Nominal Guns	2	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1745	ref:692
Home Port	Morlaix - Brittany	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Captured	28.2.1746	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen30French Tonneaux29.37

Armament

1745Broadside Weight = 1.5 French Livre (1.6188 lbs 0.7344 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck6 French Pierrier
Gun Deck2 French Canons de Fer

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1745 - 1746/02/28 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
174530 ref:692

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1745 - 28.2.1746Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1745 - 28.2.1746Mousse Corsaire , Private OwnersFWIKI

Service History

DateEventSource
1745

From 1745 to 1747 , took 10 ships : "Canard" , "Truro" , "Roi Georges" , "Fortune du Capitaine" , "Sarah" , "Neptune" , "Paty" , "Guillaume et Betty" and "Marie Gal..."

ref:692
28.2.1745/46Taken by

Notes on Ship

Wrong ship ?ref:692

story in archivescorsaires.wordpress.com : avarie-du-corsaire-la-comtesse-de-lamarck for june 1746 .

listed from 1745 to 1747 in base salein

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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Posted by regis on Sunday 3rd of January 2016 12:00

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