French Privateer 'Les Flesselles' (1781)

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Les Flesselles
Nominal Guns	16	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1781	ref:692
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown	ref:692
Last known	1783	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen70French Tonneaux68.53

Armament

1781Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck16 French Canons de Fonte

1782Broadside Weight = 4.5 French Livre (4.8564 lbs 2.2032 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck18 French Swivel
Gun Deck18 French Canons de Fonte

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1781 - 1783ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
178290 ref:692

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1781Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921782 - 1783Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1781

Took 5 prizes : Georges , Petit Pierre , John , Union and Britannia

ref:692
1782

From 1782 to 1783 , took the ships : Union , Lark and Britannia

ref:692

Notes on Ship

Burthenref:692

In 1781 , 70 Tx

In 1782 - 1783 , 74 Tx

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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Thursday 18th of June 2026 06:57	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Pearl' (1762) (32) 1762-1832 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate 1825 Renamed "Prothee"
Thursday 18th of June 2026 06:54	Jon Miller	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Culloden' (1776) (74) 1776-1781 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Thursday 18th of June 2026 06:52	Jon Miller	British Sixth Rate frigate 'Tartar' (1756) (24) 1756-1797 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Frigate
Thursday 18th of June 2026 06:52	Jon Miller	Spanish Privateer 'Infanta Carlotta' (1780) (Unknown) 1780-1780 Spanish Unknown Gun Privateer Unknown
Thursday 18th of June 2026 03:12	Jon Miller	John MoutrayBritish Naval Sailor Service 1744-1783

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