French barque longue 'La Mignonne' (1672)

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La Mignonne
Nominal Guns	8	ref:677
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Launched	1672	ref:677
Home Port	Dunkerque - Flanders	ref:677
How acquired	Purpose built	ref:677
Shipyard	Dunkerque - Flanders	ref:677
Category	Unrated	ref:677
Ship Type	Barque Longue
Last known	1677	ref:677

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:677
Length of Keel71'0''French Feet (Pied du Roi)23.0608 (75′ 7″ Imperial)
Burthen60French Tonneaux58.74
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:686
Burthen80French Tonneaux78.32

Armament

10.1676Broadside Weight = 18 French Livre (19.4256 lbs 8.811 kg)ref:677
Gun Deck2 French 6-Pounder
Gun Deck6 French 4-Pounder

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1677ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
167630as complement for the Royal Marineref:689
10.167677as privateerref:677
167777with Captain Lombartref:692
4.167780with Captain Guillotinref:692

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1674Capitaine de Corsaireref:68610.1676 - 3.1677Capitaine de Corsaireref:6774.1677 - 1677Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1677

Took the ships under Captain Lombard : Lion Noir , Pélican , Prince Guillaume

ref:692
4.1677

Loan to Omaer : Captain Guillotin

ref:692

Notes on Ship

Marine Royaleref:686

Loan for privateers

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:677Joe Seeten, Web Site

ref:686Patrick Villiers, Book

ref:689Netmarine.net, Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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