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Le Tropard

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Nominal Guns5BWAS-1793
NationalityEmpire Français
OperatorPrivate Owners
Previously
Captured30.9.1805BWAS-1793
Home PortGuadeloupe - Leeward Islands ref:692
ShipyardBermuda - North Atlantic Ocean BWAS-1793
Ship ClassBallahoo Class (1803)BWAS-1793
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1793
Ship TypeSchoonerBWAS-1793
Captured5.5.1808BG

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck55' 2"Imperial Feet16.7742 
Length of Keel40' 10 ½"Imperial Feet12.2047 
Breadth18' 0"Imperial Feet5.4864 
Depth in Hold9' 0"Imperial Feet2.7432 
Burthen70 4194Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen75French Tonneaux88.11 

Armament


5.5.1808Broadside Weight = 21 French Livre (22.6632 lbs 10.2795 kg)BG
Gun Deck1 French 18-Pounder
Gun Deck4 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
180550 ref:692
5.5.180862 BG

Service History


DateEventSource
5.5.1808Taken by
Pheasant (16) 1798-1827
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
BG


Notes on Ship


CaptureBG

Admiralty-Office, May 10th 1808. Extract of a letter from John Palmer, Esq; Commander of His Majesty's Sloop the Pheasant, to the Honourable W. W. Pole, dated on board that Sloop, at Spithead, the 8th Instant.

On the 5th of last Month, in Latitude 22°. 10'. Longitude 56s. W. I fell in with a French Privateer, and, I am happy to add, that after a chace of 4 hours, I captured her. She belonged to Guadaloupe, her Name Tropard, had been out 6 weeks, taken nothing; was formerly, from report of the prisoners, His Majesty's late Schooner the King's Fish, or Flying Fish, built at Bermuda for His Majesty's Service, coppered, and copper fastened, now rigged as a sloop ; had on board when taken 5 guns, viz. One long 18-pounder, a Traverser, and Four 6-pounders, aud manned with a crew of 62 men.



 
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