French Privateer brig 'Le Duguay Trouin' (1797)

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Le Duguay Trouin
Nominal Guns	22	BWAS-1793
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1797	BWAS-1793
Home Port	Nantes - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Brig	ref:692
Captured	15.7.1797	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen150French Tonneaux147.829

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1797 - 1797/07/15 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1797127 ref:692

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1797 - 15.7.1797Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1797

Took 7 ships "Rembow" , "Sophie" , "Frienship" , "Catherine" , "Briseis" , "Confederation" , ...

ref:692
1797Took the Merchant ref:692
15.7.1797Taken by
15.7.1797Taken by

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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Posted by Jon Miller on Friday 12th of June 2026 02:50

We have been favoured with the following particulars respecting the capture of the Sandwich packet, Captain Fitty: She sailed from Falmouth on the 8th ultimo, and was captured two days after, on the 10th, by Le du Guai Trouin privateer, out of Nantz. The privateer left that port on the 8th ult in company with twelve other privateers, some of them superior, the others of equal force. She had 18 nine-pounders, and was navigated by 150 seamen. Captain Fitty, the crew and passengers , have all been released by the French. [Hampshire Chronicle, 8 April 1797]

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