French Privateer lugger 'L'Incomparable' (1807)

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L'Incomparable
Nominal Guns	8	ref:692
Nationality	Empire Français
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1807	ref:692
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Lugger	ref:692
Captured	8.10.1809	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen90French Tonneaux88.11

Armament

1807Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck8 French Canons de Fonte

28.3.1809Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck14 French Canons de Fonte

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1807 - 1809/10/08ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
4.180960under Captain Tribalauref:692

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1807 - 4.3.1808Capitaine de Corsaireref:6924.1808 - 28.3.1809Capitaine de Corsaireref:6924.1809 - 8.10.1809Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
4.3.1808

Disarmed By Captain Rosse

ref:692
4.1808Issued with a Letter of Marque as a Privateer Brigref:692
28.3.1809

Return to port under Captain Dupuy

ref:692
4.1809

Took under Captain Tribalau the ship "St François de Paul"

ref:692
8.10.1809Taken by off the Irish Coast

Notes on Ship

Divergence date captureref:692

10/1809

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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