French Privateer lugger 'Le Castor' (1797)

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Le Castor
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1793
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1797	BWAS-1793
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Lugger	ref:692
Captured	8.7.1797	ref:631

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen68French Tonneaux74.8935

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
179749 ref:692

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
8.6.1797 - 8.7.1797Capitaine de Corsaireref:631

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
8.6.1797Capitaine de Prise , Private Owners Transfered , Captain of the prizeref:631

Service History

DateEventSource
1797

Build value : 34170 Livres Tournois

Wages of the cruise : 27 Livres Tournois

ref:692
8.6.1797

Took the ship "Résolution".

ref:631
8.7.1797Taken by off Scilly Islesref:631

Notes on Ship

Divergence date of captureBWAS-1793

01/07/1797 but geneanet and salein 08/07/1797

place capture only in british warships

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ref:631 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Saturday 13th of June 2026 05:15

Sir Harry Neale, Bart, in he St Fiorenzo, has captured, off Scilly, the Castor, a French lugger privateer, of 14 guns and 57 men; she had been taken out from St Maloes, 18 days, and had taken a brig of Tinmouth. [Hampshire Chronicle, 15 July 1797]

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