French Privateer lugger 'Le Jean Bart' (1796)

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Le Jean Bart
Nominal Guns	Unknown	ref:692
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	bef.25.12.1796	ref:631
Home Port	Granville - Normandy	ref:631
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Lugger	ref:692
Last known	29.9.1797	ref:692

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1796/12/25 - 1797/01/24 Principal Managing Ownerref:631
1797/01/25 - 1797/09/29 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
aft.25.1.179710 ref:692

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
25.12.1796 - 24.1.1797Capitaine de Corsaireref:6311797Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921797Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921797 - 29.9.1797Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
24.1.1797

Disarmed by Captain Le Redde at St Malo .

ref:631
aft.25.1.1797

Build value : 17000 francs

Homeport St Malo

ref:692
aft.25.1.1797

Disarmed by Captain Leconte

ref:692
aft.25.1.1797

Disarmed by Captain Dupont

ref:692

Notes on Ship

Same ship ?ref:631

from Granville and St Malo

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:631 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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