French Privateer letter of marque 'Le Léopard' (1798)

Three Decks' Forum

Come and ask, answer or inform.

Recent updates

Update
Jean-Louis PestelFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1793
Update
Le Cornélie (24) 1794-1797
French 24 Gun
6th Rate Frigate (Corvettes de Charge)
1795 Renamed "Calliope"
Update Unité Class (1793)
Update
Le Républicain (24) 1794-1799
French 24 Gun
6th Rate Corvette
Update
Pierre Dieudonné JaunezFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1806-1812
Added
Le Cygne (16) 1806-1808
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Update
Jean-Baptiste LefebvreFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1804
Added
Endymion (16) 1805-1814
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Added
Fanfaron (16) 1804-1809
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Update
Le Curieux (16) 1800-1804
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
See more...

Recent Comments

Aurora (28) 1777-1814
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
(1777)
Dolphin (12) 1793-1801
British 12 Gun
Hired Cutter
(1793)
Diadem (64) 1782-1832
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1782)
Alexandria (38) 1801-1804
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1801)
Alexander WilsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1814
La Poursuivante (40) 1796-1805
French 40 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1796)
Ajax (18) 1796-1824
Dutch 18 Gun
Unrated Corvette
(1796)
Prins Willem de Eerste (76) 1785-1820
Dutch 76 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1795 Renamed "Brutus"
1806 Renamed "Noord-Brabant"
(1785)
Aurora (28) 1777-1814
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
(1777)
Temeraire (98) 1798-1838
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
(1798)
See more...

Le Léopard
Nominal Guns	12	BWAS-1793
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1798	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Letter of Marque	BG
Captured	30.4.1798	BWAS-1793

Armament

30.4.1798Broadside Weight = 39.5 French Livre (42.6284 lbs 19.3356 kg)BG
Gun Deck12 French 6-Pounder
Gun Deck14 French Swivel

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
30.4.1798100 BG

Service History

DateEventSource
10.4.1798

Depart from port

BG
30.4.1798Taken by BG

Notes on Ship

CaptureBG

Petterell, May 2, 1798, Latitude 38 deg. 46 min. N. Longitude 17 deg. 30 min. W.

My Lord, I have the honor to inform your Lordship, that on the 30th Ultimo, in Latitude 37 deg. 52 min. N. Longitude 22 deg 1 min. W. I fell in with, and captured Le Leopard, French Letter of Marque, mounting 12 6-pounders and 14 swivels, and carrying 100 men ; had been out 20 days and not taken any thing.

I have the Honor to be, &c.

T. GORDON CAULFIELD

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

Previous comments on this pageno comments to display

Make a comment about this page

Recent comments to other pages

Date posted	By	Page
Tuesday 28th of July 2026 02:37	Jon Miller	British Sixth Rate frigate 'Aurora' (1777) (28) 1777-1814 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate
Tuesday 28th of July 2026 02:35	Jon Miller	British hired cutter 'Dolphin' (1793) (12) 1793-1801 British 12 Gun Hired Cutter
Tuesday 28th of July 2026 02:34	Jon Miller	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Diadem' (1782) (64) 1782-1832 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Tuesday 28th of July 2026 02:30	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Alexandria' (1801) (38) 1801-1804 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Tuesday 28th of July 2026 02:29	Jon Miller	Alexander WilsonBritish Naval Sailor Service 1794-1814

GDPR Statement