French Privateer 'Le Huron' (1797)

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Le Huron	27773
Nominal Guns	18	ref:692
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1797	ref:692
Home Port	Bordeaux - Guyenne	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown	ref:692
Last known	1798	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen300French Tonneaux293.7

Armament

1797Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck18 French Canons de Fonte

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

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1797 - 1798ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1797130 ref:692
1798123 ref:692

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1797Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921797 - 1798Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921798Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1797

From 1797 to 1798 , under Captain Augustin Harismendy , took the ships "Delighful" , "Sally" , the american "Federaliste" , "Union" , "Gallem" , "San Sebastien" and "Albanie"

ref:692
1798

Under Captain Destebechau , took the ships "Jans" , "Britannia" , the portuguese "Nostra Senora de Bonensa" and "Anette" .

ref:692

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Cy on Thursday 6th of July 2017 19:36

The French measure Tonneaux is a direct equivalent of the English Tons BM, being a measurement of capacity and often listed in addition to the displacement. The lexicographical deriviation is also the same, from the capacity of a barrel known as a Tun.

Posted by regis on Thursday 6th of July 2017 18:31

Two ships listed : one 250 and this 300 so same ship or not ??

Régis

Posted by AvM on Thursday 6th of July 2017 18:25

The French did not use burthen tons !!!!
You could not compare French tons

Posted by regis on Thursday 6th of July 2017 17:56

Correct for the capture but I have in salein burthen 250 French Tx : same ship or another

Régis

Posted by AvM on Thursday 6th of July 2017 15:52

According to Demirlac
She was already armed in 1793 , master Pierre Destebetcho
1800-01 captain Sainzt Guiron
She was seized 20.01.1801 by HMS Magicienne, W.M.Ogilvie and HMS Doris, John Halliday at Isle Yeu after long chase

Exeter Flying Post - Thursday 07 May 1801
offered for sale at Plymouth ., aucion 10.05.1801
391 70/94bm 105ft4.5in deck x 29ft6in x 13ft 4.5in depth
pierced for 20 guns ^

LLoyd'S Register of Shipping 1802 Supplement
(if the same ship) Huron ?
owned by Gardner, master T.Cole 275bm
voyage London-America

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