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Le Grand Ferrailleur

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Nominal Guns18BWAS-1793
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1798ref:692
Home PortBordeaux - Guyenne ref:692
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1793
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1793
Ship TypeUnknownBWAS-1793
Captured11.10.1799BWAS-1793

Armament


1798Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck20 French Canons de Fonte

11.10.1799Broadside Weight UnknownBWAS-1793
Gun Deck18 French Canons de Fonte

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1798 - 1799/10/11
Jean GassiésFrench
Ship Owner
Service 1798-1804
Principal Managing Owner
ref:692

3 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1798Capitaine de Corsaire
Raymond BonnetFrench
Naval Sailor
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1797-1803
ref:692
1798Capitaine de Corsaire
Jacques MalbernartFrench
Privateer
Service 1798-1799
ref:692
1799Capitaine de Corsaire
Jacques MalbernartFrench
Privateer
Service 1798-1799
ref:692

Service History


DateEventSource
1798

Took under Captain Bonnet the ship "Pellas" .

Took under Captain Malbernart the ships : "Hope" , "Ranger" and "Andromaque" .

ref:692
1799

Took under Captain Malbernart 1 ship .

ref:692
11.10.1799Taken by
Phoebe (36) 1795-1841
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate

11.10.1799Taken by
Revolutionaire (36) 1794-1822
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate



Notes on Ship


1 or 2 ships ?ref:692

in 1798 , named Ferrailleur , 20 guns .

in 1799 , named Grand Ferrailleur , no description , but 18 guns at his capture .

in 1800 , named Ferrailleur , 10 guns , 56 men , but also named Ferailleur number 3 , in his capture report by Commander Le Bair .

All same owner Gassiès .



 
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