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La Duchesse de Villars

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Nominal Guns4BWAS-1714
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1746ref:692
Home PortBoulogne-sur-Mer - Picardy BG
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1714
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1714
Ship TypeUnknownBWAS-1714
Captured24.6.1747BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen12French Tonneaux17.622 

Armament


24.6.1747Broadside Weight = 1.5 French Livre (1.6188 lbs 0.7344 kg)BG
Gun Deck6 French Swivel
Gun Deck4 French Canons de Fer

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
24.6.174740 BG

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
1746Capitaine de Corsaire, with Homeport Dunkirk
Richard BarbierFrench
Privateer
Service 1745-1746
ref:692

Service History


DateEventSource
24.6.1747Taken by
Hastings (44) 1741-1763
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
between the Nore and Scarborough
BG


Notes on Ship


Date capture BWAS-1714

05/07/1747 ???

In London Gazette , report of Admiralty-Office of July 2.


CaptureBG

His Majesty's Ship the Hastings, Capt. Wellard, on the 24th past, between the Nore and Scarborough, fell in with and took a French Privateer from Boulogne, called the Duchesse de Villars, of 4 carriage and 6 swivel guns, and 40 men.



 
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