French Privateer frigate 'Le St François d'Assise' (1689)

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Le St François d'Assise
Nominal Guns	40	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1689	ref:692
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Frigate	ref:692
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	ref:692
Last known	1697	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen350French Tonneaux343.629

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1693 - 1695/03ref:692
1693/03 - 1695ref:683

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1693155 ref:683

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1689 - 1693Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921693Capitaine de Corsaireref:6831693 - 1695Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921695 - 1696Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1693

From 1693 to 1695 , took under Captain La Touche-Porée the ship "Marie" .

ref:692
1693Took the Merchant ref:1585
29.10.1693Took the Merchantman ref:1010
1694Took the Merchant ref:1585
1695

From 1695 to 1696 , took under Captain Guimont the ships "Roscan" , "Succès" , "Plymouth" .

ref:692
14.2.1695Capture of the Dartmouth
14.2.1695Took the Ship of the Line in the Western Approachesref:683
11.4.1695Capture of Cheval Volant
11.4.1695Took the Ship ref:1010
20.10.1695

Took the dutch ship "Arbre d'Orange" maybe

ref:1585
12.3.1696Took the Merchant ref:1585
17.11.1696Took the Merchantman at 67 Lieues off Ouessantref:1010

Notes on Ship

Jugementref:1585

Jugement declarant de bonne prise le navire hollandais l'Arbre d'Orange maybe, allant de Drontheim à Limerick, charge de planches et de goudron, pris le 20 octobre 1695 par le sieur Porree, commandant la frégate le Saint-Esprit, 4 janvier 1696 (23 janvier 1696).

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1010Administration, Document

ref:1585 Web Site

ref:683Gilbert Buti, Philippe Hrodej, Digital Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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