French Privateer lugger 'L'Edouard' (1811)

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L'Edouard
Nominal Guns	6	ref:743
Nationality	Empire Français
Operator	Private Owners
Launched	1811	ref:692
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
How acquired	Purpose built	ref:692
Shipyard	St Malo - Brittany	ref:743
Category	Privateer	ref:743
Ship Type	Lugger	ref:692
Captured	7.2.1813	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen50French Tonneaux48.95

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1811 - 1813/02/07ref:743

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
181137 ref:692
181222 ref:692

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1811Capitaine de Corsaireref:69227.8.1812 - 7.2.1813Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

3 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
27.8.1812 - 7.2.1813Capitaine en Secondref:74311.9.1812 - 7.2.1813Lieutenant de Corsaire , Private Ownersref:74311.9.1812 - 7.2.1813Lieutenant de Corsaire , Private Ownersref:743

3 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
27.8.1812 - 11.9.1812Enseigne de Corsaire , Private Ownersref:74327.8.1812 - 11.9.1812Enseigne de Corsaire , Private Ownersref:74327.8.1812 - 7.2.1813Enseigne de Corsaire , Private Ownersref:743

Service History

DateEventSource
1811

Disarmed by Captain Longrais

ref:692
27.12.1812

Cruise from this date to the capture under Captain Dibardoure

ref:743
7.2.1813Taken by off the Lizard

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

ref:743Daniel Burgot, Web Site

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