French Privateer frigate 'Le Saint Pierre d'Alcantara' (1691)

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Le Saint Pierre d'Alcantara
Nominal Guns	20	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1691	ref:1585
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Frigate (Frégate Légère)	ref:1010
Last known	1692	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen160French Tonneaux157.619

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1691 - 1692Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
22.10.1691Took the Merchant ref:1585
1692Took the Merchantman ref:1585
28.8.1692Capture of Merchantmen
1.9.1692Took the Merchantman near Cape Clear .ref:1585
bef.6.9.1692Took the Merchant near Cape Clear .ref:1010
bef.6.9.1692Took the Merchant near Cape Clear .ref:1010
bef.6.9.1692Took the Merchantman near Cape Clear .ref:1010
bef.6.9.1692Took the Merchant near Cape Clear .ref:1010
bef.6.9.1692Took the Merchant near Cape Clear .ref:1010

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1010Administration, Document

ref:1585 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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