French Privateer frigate 'Le Monsieur' (1778)

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Le Monsieur
Nominal Guns	38	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Keel Laid Down	7.1778	NNF-1774
Launched	1778	NNF-1774
Home Port	Granville - Normandy	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1774
Shipyard	Le Havre - Normandy	NNF-1774
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1714
National Rate	Quatrième Rang	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Captured	13.3.1780	ref:692
Becomes	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Monsieur' (1780) (36) 1780-1783 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Burthen475Ton

Armament

1779Broadside Weight = 192 French Livre (207.2064 lbs 93.984 kg)NNF-1774
Upper Gun Deck26 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle12 French 6-Pounder

1779Broadside Weight = 3 French Livre (3.2376 lbs 1.4688 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck40 French Canons de Fonte
Quarterdeck/Forecastle12 French Swivel

1780Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck40 French Canons de Fonte

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1778/07 - 1780/03/13ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1778390with Captain Jourdanref:692
1778390with Captain Bochetref:692
1779398with Captain GuidelouNNF-1774

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1778Capitaine de Corsaireref:6928.1779 - 12.3.1780Capitaine de CorsaireNNF-1774

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
3.1778 - 4.1778Lieutenant de Corsaire , Private Owners, for the first cruiseref:6318.1779 - 1779Capitaine de Corsaire, Capitaine en secondref:631

1 Supernumerary

DatesRankNameSource
9.3.1779 - 11.10.1779Volontaire , Corsaire , Private Ownersref:631

Service History

DateEventSource
8.1779

Took 16 prizes under Captain Guidelou : "Endeavour" , "Notre Dame de la Conception" , "Veller" , "Lord Cornwallis" , "Hope" , "Katty" , "Matty" , "Experiment" , "Vervagoten" , ....

ref:692
10.1779

the Monsieur captured the San Antonio de Padua, Prize to Bristol privateer Elizabeth

ref:1846
1780

Took 19 prizes under Captain Guidelou : "Villanova" , "Succès" , "St Antoine de Padoue" , "Joseph" , "Polly" , ...

ref:692
13.3.1780Taken by ref:692
13.3.1780Taken by ref:692

Notes on Ship

Prizesref:692

By Captain Bochet : "Betz" , "Field" , "Bellone"

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:1846J W Damer Powell, Book

ref:631 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Brian Stephens on Sunday 6th of April 2014 02:14

Edinburgh Advertiser April 14, 1780
The Monsieur privateer lately taken by the Alexander man of war, is ordered to be fitted in the King's service, she is large than any of our 40 gun frigates, and her guns are all brass; her weight of metal is 24 and 18 pounders.

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