French Privateer schooner 'Le Vengeur' (1806)

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Le Vengeur
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Empire Français
Operator	Private Owners
Previously	British schooner 'Tobago' (1805) (10) 1805-1806 British 10 Gun Unrated Schooner
Captured	18.10.1806	BWAS-1793
Home Port	Boulogne-sur-Mer - Picardy	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Schooner	BWAS-1793
Captured	24.1.1809	BWAS-1793
Becomes	British schooner 'Vengeur' (1809) (10) 1809-1809 British 10 Gun Unrated Schooner

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen120French Tonneaux118.459

Date# of MenNotesSource
180874 ref:692
24.1.180948 BG

DatesRankNameSource
1808 - 24.1.1809Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

DateEventSource
24.1.1809Capture of the Vengeur
24.1.1809Taken by in the Channel

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