French Privateer schooner 'La Laure' (1796)

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La Laure
Nominal Guns	14	ref:692
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	9.1796	ref:692
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	United States - North America	ref:743
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Schooner	ref:692
Captured	14.4.1801	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen85French Tonneaux99.858
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:743
Burthen88French Tonneaux96.921

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1796 - 1797ref:692
1798ref:692
1799ref:692
1800ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
9.179685 ref:692
9.179774 ref:692
9.179885 ref:692
9.180076 ref:692

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
9.1796 - 1797Capitaine de Corsaireref:6929.1797 - 1799Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921799Capitaine de Corsaireref:6929.1800 - 14.4.1801Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
9.1796

Build value 45000 Francs

Part Wage of the cruise 578 Francs

ref:692
9.1797

Buid value 45000 Francs

Part wage of the cruise 413 Francs

ref:692
9.1798

Build value 70000 francs

Part wage of the cruise 124 to 323 Francs

ref:692
1799

Part wage of the cruise 230 Francs for 2 prizes

ref:692

Notes on Ship

Prizesref:692

By Captain François Gallais in 1799 : 2 prizes

By Captain Pagelet : Minerve , Rodolphe-Frédéric

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

ref:743Daniel Burgot, Web Site

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