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La Providence

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Nominal GunsUnknownref:692
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1689ref:692
Home PortSt Malo - Brittany ref:692
ShipyardUnknownref:692
CategoryPrivateerref:692
Ship TypeCorvetteref:692
Last known1697ref:692

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen140French Tonneaux138.039 

Armament


1689Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck14 French Canons de Fer

1697Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck28 French Canons de Fer

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1689110 ref:692
169160 ref:692
169743 ref:692

2 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1689 - 1692Capitaine de Corsaire
Patrick Lambert de la Motte French
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1689-1697
ref:692
1697Capitaine de Corsaire
Boscher de LiscouëtFrench
Privateer
Service 1697
ref:692

Service History


DateEventSource
1689

From 1689 to 1692 , took , under Captain Lambert , the ships "St Jean", "Indeavour" , "Speedwell" , "Charité" , "Ville d'Espight" , "Samuel" .

ref:692
1692Took the Merchant
Jan (Unknown) 1692-1692
British Unknown Gun
Merchant Unknown
ref:1585
1697

Homeport Brest .

Abandonned at Cartagena , Colombia .

ref:692


Notes on Ship


Same ship ?ref:692

In 1689 , 14 guns , 140 Tx , 110 men , St Malo

In 1691 , 140 tx , 60 men , St Malo

In 1697 , 28 guns , 150 Tx , 43 men , Brest



 
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