French Privateer brig 'Le Décidé' (1795)

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Le Décidé
Nominal Guns	16	ref:692
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1795	ref:692
Home Port	Bordeaux - Guyenne	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Brig	ref:692
Last known	1798	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen180French Tonneaux177.199

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1795 - 1797 Principal Managing Ownerref:692
1796 - 1797 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1795110under Captain Beckref:692
1796110under Captain Lantonneref:692
1797110under Captain Noelref:692
1797110under Captain Beckref:692
1798108under Captain Garrouref:692

5 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1795 - 1796Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921796Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921796 - 1797Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921797Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921798Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1795

Homeport Bordeaux

Took from 1795 to 1797 , under Captain Beck the ships "Comte de Mansfeld" , "Anna" , ...

ref:692
1796

Homeport Bordeaux

Took under Captain Lantonne the ships "Skirrel" , "Barrington" , "Camille" , ...

ref:692
1797

Homeport Bordeaux

Build value 145000 Francs

Took under Captain Noel the ships "Marsfield" , "Ecul" , ...

ref:692
1798

Homeport Bayonne

ref:692

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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