French Privateer snow 'Le Duc de Rambouillet' (1747)

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Santisima Trinidad (136) 1805-1805
British 136 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
(1805)
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1st Rate Ship of the Line
(1769)
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Le Duc de Rambouillet
Nominal Guns	6	BG
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1747	ref:692
Home Port	Boulogne-sur-Mer - Picardy	BG
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Category	Privateer	BG
Ship Type	Snow	BG
Sailing Rig	Snow	BWAS-1714
Captured	23.4.1748	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen40French Tonneaux39.16

Armament

1747Broadside Weight = 2.5 French Livre (2.698 lbs 1.224 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck10 French Swivel
Gun Deck6 French Canons de Fer

23.4.1748Broadside Weight = 2.5 French Livre (2.698 lbs 1.224 kg)BG
Gun Deck10 French Swivel
Gun Deck6 French Canons de Fer

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
174761 ref:692
23.4.174866 BG

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1747Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
23.4.1748Taken by between Yarmouth and the Broad Fourteens and carried in the DownesBG

Notes on Ship

Date of capture ??BG

23/04/1748 is the arrival in the Downes

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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