French Privateer 'Le Patriote de Brest' (1793)

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Le Patriote de Brest
Nominal Guns	18	ref:692
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Previously	French cutter 'La Patriote de Brest' (1779) (18) 1779-1793 French 18 Gun Unrated Cutter 1793 Renamed "Patriote de Brest"
Acquired	4.1793	ref:692
Home Port	Brest - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Dunkerque - Flanders	NNF-1774
Designed by	Jaques DenysFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1782	NNF-1774
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown	ref:692
Last known	1793	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Length of Gundeck81'0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)26.3088 (86′ 3″ Imperial)
Length of Keel68'6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)22.1067 (72′ 6″ Imperial)
Breadth25'10"French Feet (Pied du Roi)8.12 (26′ 7″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold11'6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)3.7352 (12′ 3″ Imperial)
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen150French Tonneaux147.829

Armament

4.1793Broadside Weight = 55.5 French Livre (59.8956 lbs 27.1674 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck18 French 6-Pounder
Gun Deck6 French Swivel

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1793/04 - 1793 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
4.1793140 ref:692

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
4.1793 - 1793Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
4.1793

Maybe loan for privatering

Took 12 prizes under Captain Plucket : "Hampshire" , "Lydia"

Return to the State Navy after

ref:692

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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