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Le Vautour

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Nominal Guns20ref:692
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1798ref:692
Home PortNantes - Brittany ref:692
ShipyardUnknownref:692
CategoryPrivateerref:692
Ship TypeUnknownref:692
Last known1800ref:692

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen300French Tonneaux293.7 

Armament


1798Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck20 French Canons de Fonte

1799Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck22 French Canons de Fonte

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1798 - 1799/05/11
TessierFrench
Ship Owner
Service 1798-1800
ref:692

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1798171under Captain Françoisref:692
1799170under Captain Moreauref:692

3 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1798 - 1799Capitaine de Corsaire
Jacques FrançoisFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1798
ref:692
1799Capitaine de Corsaire
Joachim BarbierFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1796-1799
ref:692
1799 - 11.5.1799Capitaine de Corsaire
Jacques MoreauFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1798-1799
ref:692

Service History


DateEventSource
1798

Took under Captain François the ships "Dame Madeleine" , "Princesse du Brésil" , "Chasseur" , "Bel Union" , "Wexfort" and "Jean Philippe" for a product net of 401312 Livres Tournois

ref:692
1799

Rearmed at Bayonne

ref:692
11.5.1799

Disarmed by Captain Moreau after he took the ships"Actif" , "Neutrality" , "Eleonora" , "Friends" ???

ref:692
1800

Rearmed at Bayonne

ref:692
13.2.1800

Took the ship "Lady Harewood" who is retaken two days after by HMS Apollo

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Notes on Ship


Net Productref:692

Cruise under Captain Barbier : 516682 Livres Tournois for the ships "Delaware" , "Trois Soeurs" , "King of Dahomey" , "Actif" , "Neutrality" , "Eleonora" , "Friends" , "Brenthalt"

 


Same ship ??ref:692

Vautour , 1800 , captured 15/01/1800 , 240 Tx , 22 guns , 161 seamens , Captain Le Ray or Le Roy , owner Tissier of Nantes

Maybe not for the prize of "Lady Harewood" the 13/02/1800



 
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