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La Gironde

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Nominal Guns16ref:692
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1797ref:692
Home PortBordeaux - Guyenne ref:692
ShipyardUnknownref:692
CategoryPrivateerref:692
Ship TypeUnknownref:692
Captured8.1800ref:692

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen200French Tonneaux195.8 

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1797 - 1800/08
Daniel LacombeFrench
Ship Owner
Service 1797-1805
ref:692

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1797140 ref:692
179793under Captain Darrigrandref:692
1799141under Captain Lamperieref:692
1800140under Captain Martinref:692
8.1800141under Captain Darrigrandref:692

8 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1797Capitaine de Corsaire
Jean Baptiste DarrigrandFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1797-1800
ref:692
1797Capitaine de Corsaire
Pierre FossecaveFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1797
ref:692
1799Capitaine de Corsaire
Pierre SoustraFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1793
ref:692
1800Capitaine de Corsaire
DejeauxFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1800
ref:692
1800Capitaine de Corsaire
Michel MartinFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1796-1800
ref:692
1800Capitaine de Corsaire
Germain LamperieFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1799
ref:692
1800 - 8.1800Capitaine de Corsaire
Jean Baptiste DarrigrandFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1797-1800
ref:692
1808Capitaine de Corsaire
François AvesouFrench
Privateer
Service 1808
ref:692

Service History


DateEventSource
8.1800

List of the prizes in his last cruise :

Swan Sloop, Andrew Miller, Master, from Porto
laden with Wine.


Countess of Lauderdale, Thomas Bennett, Master,
from Deraerary, laden with Sugar and Cotton.


Active Brig, Benjamin Tucker, Master from Bermuda,
laden with Sugar and Cotton.


Young William, Charles Bacon, Master, from the
South Sea's, laden with Oil, ...

BG
8.1800Taken by
Fisgard (44) 1797-1814
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
BG


Notes on Ship


Captureref:692

Admiralty-Office, August 23, 1800.
Extract of a letter from the Earl of St. Vincent, K. B. Admiral of the White, Effr. to Evan Nepean,. Esq; dated on board His Majesty's Ship Royal George at Sea, the 14th Instant.
Have this instant received the enclosed Letters by His Majesty's Ship Unicorn, from Captain Keats of the Boadicea.
MY LORD, Boadicea, at Sea, August 4, 1800. The Fisgard, which had been stationed conformable to your Lordship's Directions, rejoined the Squadron this day with the prizes and recaptures as stated in Captain Martin's accompanying Letter.

I have the Honor to be, &c. &c. Sec. R. G. KEATS: The Earl of St. Vincent, K. B. &c. &c. £sV. •


SIR, Fisgard, at sea, 3 August 1800. I have to inform you, that His Majesty's Ship under my Command, has captured the following vessels since the 20th of last Month:
St. John Baptiste, Spanish Lugger (burnt).

La Gironde, 16 guns, 141 men, French Privateer.

L'Alerte, 14 guns, 84 Men, French Privateer.

The Joseph, an English South Sea Ship, Prize to the Minerve French Privateer.

It will, 1 airi sure, give you particular satisfaction to find La Gironde one of the number, as she has long been an active and successful cruizer against the commerce of our country, and was now returning to port with 53 english prisoners taken in the vessels hereafter specified. L'Alerte is only 6 Days from Bordeaux, and was fitted purposely to cruize for the Homeward-bound West India Convoy. 

I have the Honor to be, &c &c. &c.

T. B. MARTIN, R. G. Keats, Esq; Captain bf His Majsty's Ship Boadicea.


List of Vessels -captured by La Gironde French Privateer Brig.

Swan Sloop, Andrew Miller, Master, from Oporto, laden with wine.

Countess of Lauderdale, Thomas Bennett, Master, from Deraerary, laden with sugar and cotton.

Active Brig,- Benjamin Tucker, Master from Bermuda, laden with sugar and cotton.

Young William, Charles Bacon, Master, from the South Sea's, laden with oil, &c


CaptorBG

Fisgard ?? and not Boadicea



 
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