French Privateer 'Le Figaro' (1808)

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Le Figaro
Ferego
Nominal Guns	10	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Empire Français
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1808	lesCorse
First Commissioned	11.10.1808	lesCorse
Home Port	Boulogne-sur-Mer - Picardy	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Captured	6.7.1811	BWAS-1793

Armament

6.7.1811Broadside Weight UnknownBG
Gun Deck10 French Canons de Fonte

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1808 - 1811/07/06ref:692
1809 - 1811/07/06lesCorse

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
11.10.180857 lesCorse
6.7.181150 BG

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
11.10.1808 - 15.6.1809Capitaine de CorsairelesCorse1809 - 1810Capitaine de CorsairelesCorse1810Capitaine de Corsaireref:69215.5.1810 - 6.11.1811Capitaine de CorsairelesCorse

Service History

DateEventSource
15.5.1810

After his depart from Boulogne the 15/05/1810 , took the ships :

"Lidya" , sold for 137476 Francs

"Industria" , sold for 30074 Francs

"Zénon" , sold for 301433 Francs

and "Mercurias" , "Alonzo" , "Reuthier" , "Fire-Sodskende" , "St-Jorgen" , "Karin-Margaretta"

lesCorse
6.7.1811Taken by off the Naze of NorwayBG

Notes on Ship

OwnerlesCorse

After the second cruise of Captain Demay

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

lesCorseHenri Malo, Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by El Rojo on Sunday 31st of March 2019 13:43

Bonjour, d'après l'Etat des services de Dominique Charles Dewatre, Premier lieutenant du Figaro pour la campagne 1810-1811, le Figaro est un lougre.
Ref: Service historique de la Défense à Vincennes (France), dossier individuel, CC7 702.
Ship type : lugger.
Regards, R

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