French Privateer brig 'Le Duc de Dantzig' (1807)

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Le Duc de Dantzig
Duc-de-Dantzick
Nominal Guns	14	E-WIKI
Nationality	Empire Français
Operator	Private Owners
Launched	1807	E-WIKI
First Commissioned	10.1807	E-WIKI
Home Port	Boulogne-sur-Mer - Picardy	ref:692
How acquired	Purpose built	E-WIKI
Shipyard	Nantes - Brittany	E-WIKI
Category	Privateer	E-WIKI
Ship Type	Brig	E-WIKI
Foundered	6.1812	E-WIKI

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen291French Tonneaux285.868

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1808, ref:692
1810ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
180850 ref:692
1810103 ref:692
7.1811128 ref:720

5 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1807 - 1808Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921808Capitaine de Corsaireref:7211808 - 1809Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921809Capitaine de Corsaireref:69210.1810 - 6.1812Capitaine de Corsaire†E-WIKI

Service History

DateEventSource
1808

Build value : 228000 francs

ref:692
12.2.1808

Captured by Captain Duchenne of the William & Henry after the British vessel had been driven into Le Havre.

E-WIKI
20.11.1810

Captured the British Merchantman Ceres

E-WIKI
12.1810

Captured the American merchantman Cantone

E-WIKI
12.1810

Captured the British Merchantman Jane in the Gulf of Mexico

E-WIKI
4.12.1810

Captured the British merchantman Bonetta

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6.2.1811

Brought the Jane, Hutchinson, master, into Charleston

E-WIKI
14.7.1811

Captured and burnt the British Merchantman Thames

ref:720
21.7.1811Took the Slave Ship In the West IndiesE-WIKI

Notes on Ship

Prizesref:692

36 prizes by Captain Aregnaudeau : Planter , Tottenham .....

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

ref:720 Web Site

ref:721 Web Site

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