French schooner 'La Légère' (1803)

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La Légère
Nominal Guns	2	BG
Nationality	République Française
Operator	State Navy
Extant	1803	BG
Shipyard	Unknown	BG
Category	Unrated	BG
Ship Type	Schooner	BG
Captured	28.6.1803	BG

Armament

28.6.1803Broadside Weight = 7.5 French Livre (8.094 lbs 3.6716 kg)BG
Gun Deck2 French 4-Pounder
Gun Deck14 French Swivel

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
28.6.180336 BG

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1803 - 28.6.1803Lieutenant de VaisseauBG

Service History

DateEventSource
6.1803

Bound from Rochefort to Senegal.

BG
28.6.1803Taken by in Lat 42 Deg. 45 Min. N. and Long 11 Deg. 7 Min W. after a chace of 14 hours .BG

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by AvM on Saturday 8th of July 2017 10:18

Demirliac #949 p.122
You have to use that source
Launched end Jan 1801 by Freres (Bros) Crucy, Nantes
Type Fine 67/107t

Posted by AvM on Friday 7th of July 2017 23:47

Wow!
There is even a book:

Les frères Crucy, entrepreneurs de constructions navales de guerre (1793-1814):
Nantes - Lorient - Rochefort.
Yves Cossé. Y. Cossé, 1993 - 219 Pages

Posted by AvM on Friday 7th of July 2017 22:07

Demirliac #949 p.122
You have to use that source
Launched end Jan 1801 by Freres (Bros) Crucy, Nantes
Type Fine 67/107t

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