French Privateer brig 'Le Général Lally' (1757)

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Le Général Lally
Général Lully Gabriel Lully
Nominal Guns	10	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1757	BWAS-1714
Home Port	Boulogne-sur-Mer - Picardy	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Boulogne-sur-Mer - Picardy	BWAS-1714
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Brig	BWAS-1714
Captured	14.4.1757	BWAS-1714
Becomes	British sloop 'Flamborough Prize' (1757) (14) 1757-1763 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck66' 0 ½"Imperial Feet20.1295
Length of Keel52' 8 ⅝"Imperial Feet15.8655
Breadth20' 3"Imperial Feet6.1722
Depth in Hold9' 3"Imperial Feet2.8194
Burthen114 ⁹²⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

14.4.1757Broadside Weight = 1 French Livre (1.0792 lbs 0.4896 kg)BG
Gun Deck4 French Swivel
Gun Deck14 French Canons de Fonte

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1757/03 - 1757/04/14, , ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
14.4.1757110 BG

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
3.1757 - 14.4.1757Capitaine de CorsairelesCorse

Service History

DateEventSource
3.1757

Took the ships "Cambridge" and "Volonté"

lesCorse
3.1757

Ransom the ships "Sussex" of Hull for 50 Guinées , "Guillaume" of Margate for 50 Guinées , "Sunnyside" of Sunderland for 250 Guinées , "Speedwell" of Sunderland for 105 Guinées and "French Goodwill" for 100 Guinées

lesCorse
20.3.1757Took the Packet and carried into Calais, the 20/03 so taken beforeBG
14.4.1757Taken by

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

lesCorseHenri Malo, Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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