French Privateer cutter 'L'Anti-Briton' (1781)

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L'Anti-Briton
Nominal Guns	22	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1781	BWAS-1714
Home Port	Dunkerque - Flanders	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Cutter	BWAS-1714
Captured	4.1.1782	BWAS-1714
Becomes	British cutter 'Trimmer' (1782) (14) 1782-1801 British 14 Gun Unrated Cutter

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Burthen250Ton

1781Broadside Weight = 44.5 French Livre (48.0244 lbs 21.783 kg)NNF-1774
Gun Deck14 French 6-Pounder
Gun Deck10 French Pierrier

Date# of MenNotesSource
1782162 NNF-1774

DatesRankNameSource
1781 - 1.1.1782Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

DateEventSource
1781

Build value : 268000 Livres Tournois

ref:692
4.1.1782Taken by

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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