French Privateer 'Le Printemps' (1780)

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Le Printemps
Nominal Guns	4	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1780	ref:692
Home Port	Dunkerque - Flanders	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown	ref:692
Captured	1780	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen30French Tonneaux29.37

Armament

1780Broadside Weight = 1 French Livre (1.0792 lbs 0.4896 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck4 French Swivel
Gun Deck4 French Canons de Fer

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
178031under Captain Lacomberef:692
178025under Captain Hueref:692

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1780Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921780Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Thursday 18th of June 2026 23:45

We have advice from Brest of the 10th instant, that the Printems [sic], privateer of Marseilles, was lost on the rocks of Cape La Hogue, in endeavouring to escape from and English ship of the line and three frigates, which were in chace of her. The crew were saved. [Exeter Flying Post, 1 September 1780]

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