French Privateer lugger 'Le Spéculateur' (1806)

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Le Spéculateur

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Nominal Guns14BWAS-1793
NationalityEmpire Français
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1806ref:692
Home PortSt Malo - Brittany ref:692
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1793
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1793
Ship TypeLuggerref:692
Captured22.11.1813BWAS-1793

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen50French Tonneaux48.95 

Armament


1806Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck5 French Canons de Fonte

1808Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck5 French Canons de Fonte

1809Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck6 French Canons de Fonte

1810Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck14 French Canons de Fonte

1811Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck6 French Canons de Fonte

1813Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck16 French Canons de Fonte

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1806 - 1807/02/01
Jean Baptiste DuboisFrench
Ship Owner
Service 1806-1807
ref:692
1806 - 1809
Benjamin DuboisFrench
Ship Owner
Service 1748-1782
ref:692
1809 - 1811
Jean Baptiste Amiel and CieFrench
Ship Owner
Service 1797
ref:692
1811 - 1813
Thomazeau and Amiel French
Ship Owner
ref:692
1813 - 1813/11/21
Thomazeau Jeune and CieFrench
Ship Owner
ref:743

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
180673 ref:692
180873 ref:692
181063 ref:692
181169 ref:692
181380 ref:692

6 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1806 - 1.2.1807Capitaine de Corsaire
Joseph Pradère-NiquetFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1795-1815
ref:6921808 - 1809Capitaine de Corsaire
Jean GuillebeauFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1795-1815
ref:6921809 - 1810Capitaine de Corsaire
Alexandre William BlackAmerican
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1793-1815
ref:6921810 - 11.2.1811Capitaine de Corsaire
Pierre Claude MartinFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1795-1815
ref:74320.11.1811 - 15.4.1812Capitaine de Corsaire
Pierre CormierFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1795-1815
ref:7431813 - 21.11.1813Capitaine de Corsaire
Guillaume Marie AngenardFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1795-1815
ref:692

5 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
17.1.1807 - 29.2.1808Lieutenant de Corsaire , Private Owners
Pierre Claude MartinFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1795-1815
ref:74313.9.1810 - 10.2.1811Capitaine en Second
Pierre CormierFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1795-1815
ref:74320.11.1811 - 15.4.1812Capitaine en Second
Jean François DibarboureFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1807-1813
ref:7431813 - 21.11.1813Capitaine en Second
André PoquenetFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1808-1809
ref:7431813 - 21.11.1813Lieutenant de Corsaire , Private Owners
Pierre Cyprien Pradère-NiquetFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1810-1812
ref:743

Service History


DateEventSource
1.2.1807

Disarmed by Captain Pradere-Niquet

ref:692
22.11.1813Taken by
Reindeer (16) 1804-1814
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop



Notes on Ship


Prizesref:692

By Captain Pradere-Niquet : Elisabeth , Ariel , Flamouth

By Captain Guillebeau : Todos los y animals

By Captain Martin: Deux Amis , Grinder , Falmouth , Belle Cancela , Leander

By Captain Cormier : Falmouth , Sidbourg , Sedbury ( Silbury )

 


 
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