French Privateer frigate 'Le Comte de Toulouse' (1694)

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Le Comte de Toulouse
Nominal Guns	40	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1694	ref:692
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1603
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Frigate	ref:692
Captured	30.1.1703	BWAS-1603

Armament

1694Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck40 French Canons de Fer

1696Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck30 French Canons de Fer

1702Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck32 French Canons de Fer

30.1.1703Broadside Weight UnknownBWAS-1603
Gun Deck32 French Canons de Fer

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1694 Principal Managing Ownerref:692
1694 - 1697 Principal Managing Ownerref:692
1696 Principal Managing Ownerref:692
1702 - 1703 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1694300for 400 Tx and 40 guns under Captain Moreauref:692
1694290for 450 Tx and 40 guns under Captain Dufresneref:692
169470? for 400 Tx and 22 guns under Captain Duclosref:692
1696220for 350 Tx and 30 guns under Captain Duclosref:692

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1694Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921694Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921694 - 1697Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921702 - 1703Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1694

Took , under Captain du Fresne , the ships "Henry Guillaume" , "St Jean" .

ref:692
1694

From 1694 to 1697 , took under Capatin Hubert , the ships "Aigle" , "Charles" , "Aventure" .

ref:692
1695Took the Merchant ref:1585
1702

Took the ships "Unité" , "Yack" , "François" , "Samuel Henry" and "Jeanne" .

ref:692
30.1.1703Taken by off the Isles of ScillyBWAS-1603

Notes on Ship

Same ship ?ref:692

in french description 350 , 400 and 450 Tx : 1 or 2 ships

not listed captured in 1703 in salein

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

ref:1585 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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