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Le Zéphir

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Nominal Guns10ref:692
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired29.3.1761ref:692
Home PortBayonne - Aquitaine ref:692
ShipyardUnknownref:692
CategoryPrivateerref:692
Ship TypeUnknownref:692
Captured29.3.1761ref:692

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen165French Tonneaux162.514 

Armament


29.3.1761Broadside Weight Unknownref:1571
Gun Deck12 French Canons de Fonte

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
29.3.1761114 ref:1571

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
1761 - 29.3.1761Capitaine de Corsaire
Pierre GarrelonFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1746-1761
ref:692

Service History


DateEventSource
1761

Took the ship "Goodwin"

ref:692
3.1761

Took the ship "Prospect" bound from South Carolina to London , Captain Cromp : reported 13 march 1761

ref:720
29.3.1761Taken by
Aquilon (28) 1758-1776
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
140 leagues to the Westward of Ushant
BG


Notes on Ship


CaptureBG

Admiralty Office, March 10.

Captain Ogle, of His Majesty's Ship Aquilon, gives an account, in his letter of the 9th Instant, that he took, on the 4th, the Zephire, a ship of 12 guns and 114 men, belonging to Bayonne, 140 leagues to the Westward of Ushant, and has brought her to Spithead.


Date capture ??BG

In Salein 29/03

In London Gazette 04/04



 
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