French hired ship 'Le Saint François' (1627)

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Le Saint François
Nominal Guns	16	NNF-1610
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Purchased	1.4.1627	NNF-1610
Shipyard	Unknown	NNF-1610
Category	Hired Vessel	NNF-1610
Ship Type	Ship	NNF-1610
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1610
Captured	12.1638	NNF-1610

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1610
Burthen300Ton

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1627120 NNF-1610

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
5.1628 - 1628Capitaine de VaisseauNNF-16105.1629 - 1629Capitaine de VaisseauNNF-16104.1635 - 12.1635Capitaine de VaisseauNNF-16101636 - 1638Capitaine de VaisseauNNF-1610

Service History

DateEventSource
1.4.1627

St Malo merchant ships hired from Charles Tonchere des Tourelles

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5.1629

Armed as a coast guard vessel (Garde-Cote)

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24.3.1637Battle of the Lérins Islands
22.8.1638Battle of Guetaria
12.1638

Probably captured by the Spanish at Dunkirk

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Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1610Alain Demerliac, Book

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