French Privateer 'L'Alexandre' (1672)

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L'Alexandre
Nominal Guns	Unknown	ref:677
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	9.1672	ref:677
First Commissioned	1673	ref:677
Home Port	Dunkerque - Flanders	ref:677
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:677
Category	Privateer	ref:677
Ship Type	Unknown
Last known	9.1672	ref:677

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:677
Burthen80French Tonneaux78.32

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1672/09 - 1674/09ref:692

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1672Capitaine de Corsaireref:6929.1672 - 1672Capitaine de Corsaireref:6925.1673 - 9.1674Capitaine de Corsaireref:6771674Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
5.1673 - 12.1673Lieutenant de Corsaire , Private Ownersref:677

Service History

DateEventSource
1672

Took under Captain Dorne : Pigeon Blanc , Baleine Grise

Date ???

ref:692
6.11.1673Took the Fluit ref:677
7.11.1673

Jean Bart Captain of the prize Sacrifice d'Abraham

ref:677
14.11.1673Took the Galliot ref:677
17.11.1673Took the Fluit ref:677
13.12.1673Took the Galliot ref:677
1674Took the Merchantman ref:692

Notes on Ship

Captainref:692

Jacobsen 1672 : 60 Tx , same ship ??

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:677Joe Seeten, Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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