French Privateer 'La Légère' (1705)

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La Légère
Nominal Guns	18	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1705	ref:692
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown	ref:692
Last known	1708	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen120French Tonneaux118.459

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1706 - 1708 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
170582under Captain Poitevin with 16 guns for 120 Txref:692
1706120under Captain Welsh with 28 guns for 130 Txref:692
1707103under Captain Cadiou with 18 guns for 120 Txref:692
170840under Captain Miniac with 14 guns for 140 Txref:692

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1706Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921707Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921708Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1705

Took under Captain Poitevin the ships "Marie" and "Georges des pouilles"

ref:692
1707

Took under Captain Cadiou the ship "Effort"

ref:692

Notes on Ship

One ship ??ref:692

Same owner from 1705 to 1708 : guns and Tx not the same

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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