French Privateer frigate 'Le Jeune Phélipeaux' (1696)

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Le Jeune Phélipeaux
Jeune Philipeaux
Nominal Guns	16	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1696	ref:692
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Frigate (Frégate Légère)
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Last known	1697	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen120French Tonneaux118.459

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1696 - 1697 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1696100with Captain Jean de Launayref:692
169690with Captain Patard de Launayref:692
169792with Captain Patard de Launayref:692

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1696Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921696 - 1697Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
28.6.1696Took the Merchantman ref:1585
18.7.1696Took the Merchant ref:1585
21.9.1696Took the Privateer ref:1010
1697

Took under Captain Patard de Launay the ship :"Thomas"

ref:692

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1010Administration, Document

ref:1585 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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