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Le Bougainville

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Nominal Guns32BWAS-1714
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1780BWAS-1714
Home PortSt Malo - Brittany BWAS-1714
ShipyardSt Malo - Brittany ref:743
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1714
Ship TypeFrigateBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Disarmed2.3.1782BWAS-1714

Dimensions


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

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1781 - 1782/03/02
Benjamin DuboisFrench
Ship Owner
Service 1748-1782
ref:743

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1781219 ref:692

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
1781 - 2.3.1782Capitaine de Corsaire
René Nicolas MorinFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
ref:692

2 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1781 - 2.3.1782Capitaine en Second
Laurent Gabriel FroussardFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1781
ref:743
1781 - 2.3.1782Lieutenant de Corsaire , Private Owners
Mathieu Ange GilbertFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1781
ref:743

2 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1781 - 2.3.1782Enseigne de Corsaire , Private Owners
Bertrand Joseph BoulotFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1781-1787
ref:743
1781 - 2.3.1782Enseigne de Corsaire , Private Owners
François Dubois French
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1781-1803
ref:743

Service History


DateEventSource
5.12.1780Took the Cutter
True Briton (10) 1778-1780
British 10 Gun
Unrated Cutter
in the Bay of Biscay

2.3.1782

Disarmed

ref:743

 
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