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La Bonne Nouvelle

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Notre Dame de la Bonne Nouvelle
Nominal GunsUnknownref:692
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1696ref:692
Home PortSt Malo - Brittany ref:692
ShipyardUnknownref:692
CategoryPrivateerref:692
Ship TypeUnknownref:692
Captured12.9.1702ref:692

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen60French Tonneaux58.74 

Armament


1697Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck12 French Canons de Fer

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1696 - 1702/09/12
Georges KennedyFrench
Ship Owner
Service 1694-1712
Principal Managing Owner
ref:692

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
169778 ref:692

2 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1696Capitaine de Corsaire
Thomas ForambyFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1695-1697
ref:692
1697Capitaine de Corsaire
Patrick LincolnFrench
Privateer
Merchant Sailor
Service 1697
ref:1010

1 Commissioned Officer


DatesRankNameSource
1697Lieutenant de Corsaire , Private Owners
Guillaume Le JeuneFrench
Privateer
Service 1697
ref:1010

Service History


DateEventSource
1697

Took the ships "Marie" , "Providence" , "Heureux Retour" , "Satisfaction" and "Jean" .

ref:692
1697Took the Merchant
Agrément (Unknown) 1697-1697
British Unknown Gun
Merchant Unknown
ref:1585
9.4.1697Took the Merchantman
Elisabeth (Unknown) 1697-1697
British Unknown Gun
Merchant Merchantman
near Waterford .
ref:1010
17.12.1698Sailed from La Rochelle ref:1983
1700

Unable to cross the Strait of Magellan due to bad weather he returns to the La Rochelle

ref:1983


Notes on Ship


Captainref:692

Lincoln listing from 1697 to capture ??


Same ship ?ref:692

As Notre Dame de la Bonne Nouvelle of 70 Tx



 
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