French Privateer frigate 'Le Bougainville' (1780)

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Le Bougainville
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1780	BWAS-1714
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	St Malo - Brittany	ref:743
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Disarmed	2.3.1782	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen466French Tonneaux457.193
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:743
Burthen300French Tonneaux293.7

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1781 - 1782/03/02ref:743

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1781219 ref:692

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1781 - 2.3.1782Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1781 - 2.3.1782Capitaine en Secondref:7431781 - 2.3.1782Lieutenant de Corsaire , Private Ownersref:743

2 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1781 - 2.3.1782Enseigne de Corsaire , Private Ownersref:7431781 - 2.3.1782Enseigne de Corsaire , Private Ownersref:743

Service History

DateEventSource
5.12.1780Took the Cutter in the Bay of Biscay
2.3.1782

Disarmed

ref:743

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

ref:743Daniel Burgot, Web Site

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