French Privateer 'Le Père de Famille' (1806)

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Le Père de Famille
Nominal Guns	14	ref:692
Nationality	Empire Français
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1806	ref:692
First Commissioned	25.12.1806	lesCorse
Home Port	Boulogne-sur-Mer - Picardy	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown	ref:692
Last known	1809	ref:692

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1806 - 1808/04/30lesCorse
1808 - 1809lesCorse

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
180660 ref:692
180760 ref:692

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
25.12.1806 - 30.6.1807Capitaine de CorsairelesCorse1807 - 30.10.1807Capitaine de CorsairelesCorse23.12.1807 - 30.4.1808Capitaine de CorsairelesCorse1808 - 1809Capitaine de CorsairelesCorse

Service History

DateEventSource
1806

On his first cruise , took under Captain Pierre Antoine Joseph Sauvage , the ship "Joseph and Mary" , sold for 31509 Francs 30 Sous

lesCorse
29.10.1807

Encounter and combat against a 18-gun english cutter

lesCorse
30.10.1807

Return to Boulogne-sur-Mer

lesCorse
2.2.1808

Took under Captain Pierre Antoine Joseph Sauvage the ship "Tarentula" , sold for 154452 Francs 61 Sous

lesCorse
19.12.1808

Under Captain Pierre Antoine Joseph Sauvage , took in compagny of the privateers "Bucaille , Captain Bourgain" and "Vengeur, Captain Routtier" , the ship "Phénix" , sold for 8694 Francs 45 Sous

lesCorse

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

lesCorseHenri Malo, Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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