French Privateer schooner 'L'Olympia' (1811)

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L'Olympia
Nominal Guns	10	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Empire Français
Operator	Private Owners
Previously	British schooner 'Olympia' (1806) (10) 1806-1811 British 10 Gun Unrated Schooner
Captured	2.3.1811	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Bermuda - North Atlantic Ocean	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Adonis Class (1804)	BWAS-1793
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Schooner	BWAS-1714
Captured	30.10.1811	BWAS-1714
Becomes	British schooner 'Olympia' (1811) (10) 1811-1815 British 10 Gun Unrated Schooner

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck68' 2"Imperial Feet20.7328
Length of Keel50' 5 ⅝"Imperial Feet15.2559
Breadth20' 4"Imperial Feet6.1976
Depth in Hold10' 3"Imperial Feet3.1242
Burthen110 ⁹³⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

30.10.1811Broadside Weight = 90 French Livre (97.128 lbs 44.055 kg)ref:722
Gun Deck10 French 18-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
181175 ref:692
30.10.181178 ref:722

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1811 - 30.10.1811Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
29.10.1811

Depart from Dunkerque

ref:722
30.10.1811Taken by off the flemish banks and carried in Yarmouthref:722

Notes on Ship

Armamentsref:722

Not french but maybe british from the capture

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

ref:722 Archive

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