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Le Duc de Penthièvre

19162
Nominal Guns14BWAS-1714
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1762BWAS-1714
Home PortBayonne - Aquitaine BWAS-1714
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1714
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1714
Ship TypeUnknownBWAS-1714
Captured18.9.1762BWAS-1714

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
18.9.1762106 BG

Service History


DateEventSource
18.9.1762Taken by
Venus (36) 1758-1828
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1807 Renamed "Heroine"
130 leagues to the Westward of Ushant.
BG
18.9.1762Taken by
Lark (32) 1762-1778
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
130 leagues to the Westward of Ushant.
BG


Notes on Ship


CaptureBG

Admiralty Office, September 29, 1762

His Majesty's Ship the Venus, Captain Harrison and Lark, Captain Shirley, being on a cruize, on the 18 th Instant, took the Duc de Penthievre Privateer, 130 leagues to the Westward of Ushant. She belonged to Bayonne, mounts 14 3 and 4-pounder guns, and had 106 men on board and is send in Plymouth .



 
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