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L'Heureux

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Heureux Premier
Nominal Guns16BG
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1797ref:692
Home PortBordeaux - Guyenne ref:692
ShipyardUnknownBG
CategoryPrivateerBG
Ship TypeShipBG
Sailing RigShip RiggedBG
Captured5.8.1798BG

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1797100 ref:692
5.8.1798112 BG

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
1797 - 5.8.1798Capitaine de Corsaire
Jean Baptiste VideauFrench
Privateer
Merchant Sailor
Service 1797-1798
ref:692

Service History


DateEventSource
1797

From 1797 to 1798 , took the ship "Weymouth"

ref:692
6.1798

Before his capture , depart for a cruize of 8 weeks from Bordeaux

BG
6.1798

From 06/1798 to  08/1798 , took the ships :

Zephyr Brig , from Jersey , 8 Guns , 30 men, privateer. Dartmouth Lugger , from Guernsey , 6 Guns, 26 men, privateer. Alliance , American Ship , from New York to Liverpool , tobacco. Canada , English Ship , from Jamaica to London , with rum, sugar, and coffee , drove on shore near Bayonne by Hms Indefatigable.

BG
6.1798Took the Brig
Zephyr (8) 1798-1798
British 8 Gun
Privateer Brig
BG
5.8.1798Taken by
Indefatigable (64) 1784-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
BG

 
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Posted by Jon Miller on Sunday 26th of July 2026 11:03

Prize Money: The account of the sales of the hulls of Le Franklin, Conquerant, Spartiate, Acquilon, and Peuple Souveraine, captured by Lord Nelson; and also the bounty granted for the Heureux, Mercure, and Guerrier, are to be deposited in the High Court of Admiralty. Accounts of head-money and sales of the Spanish frigate Mahonesa, and of Le Jason, French privateer, are also to be deposited. [Hampshire Telegraph, 14 October 1799]


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