French Privateer brig 'La Gazelle' (1808)

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La Gazelle
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Empire Français
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1808	BWAS-1793
First Commissioned	1812	BWAS-1793
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Brig	BWAS-1793
Captured	16.2.1812	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen172French Tonneaux169.367

Armament

1808Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck4 French Canons de Fonte

1810Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck4 French Canons de Fonte

1812Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck14 French Canons de Fonte

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1808 Principal Managing Ownerref:692
1810 - 1812/02/16 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
180826 ref:692
181022 ref:692
16.2.181291 BG

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1808Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921810 - 1811Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921812 - 16.2.1812Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1808

Disarmed : lost of the Cie .

ref:692
28.11.1811

Captured the Magnet, Charles McLaughton, carrying wool from Alicante in Spain to London

PMD
16.2.1812Taken by on the Irish Station in latitude 49 deg.N. longitude 9 deg. W.BG

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

PMD Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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