French Privateer ship 'L'Arc en Ciel' (1695)

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L'Arc en Ciel
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1603
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1695	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1603
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1603
National Rate	Quatrième Rang	BWAS-1603
Ship Type	Ship	BWAS-1603
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1603
Captured	4.11.1696	BWAS-1603

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck103' 7"Imperial Feet31.4537
Length of Keel83' 4"Imperial Feet25.3323
Breadth27' 7"Imperial Feet8.255
Depth in Hold10' 10"Imperial Feet3.048
Burthen345' ⁹¹⁄₉₄"Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen300French Tonneaux293.7

Armament

1695Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck30 French Canons de Fer

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1695 - 1696/11/04 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1695200 ref:692

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1695 - 4.11.1696Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1696Took the Merchant ref:1585
4.11.1696Taken by BWAS-1603

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

ref:1585 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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Monday 27th of July 2026 19:34	Jon Miller	Sir Charles BrisbaneBritish Naval Sailor Service 1779-1819
Monday 27th of July 2026 19:33	Jon Miller	William CumberlandBritish Naval Sailor Service 1790-1825
Monday 27th of July 2026 19:31	Jon Miller	Henry Edward Reginald BakerBritish Naval Sailor Service 1794-1814
Monday 27th of July 2026 19:29	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Triton' (1796) (32) 1796-1814 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Monday 27th of July 2026 19:27	Jon Miller	British Merchant east indiaman 'Marchioness of Exeter' (1801) (Unknown) 1801-1817 British Unknown Gun Merchant East Indiaman

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