French Privateer 'La Légère' (1690)
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Jean-Louis Pestel
French
Ship Builder
Service 1793
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Le Cornélie (24)
1794-1797
French 24 Gun
6th Rate
Frigate (Corvettes de Charge)
1795 Renamed "Calliope"
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Unité Class (1793)
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Le Républicain (24)
1794-1799
French 24 Gun
6th Rate
Corvette
Update
Pierre Dieudonné Jaunez
French
Ship Builder
Service 1806-1812
Added
Le Cygne (16)
1806-1808
French 16 Gun
Unrated
Brig
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Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre
French
Ship Builder
Service 1804
Added
Endymion (16)
1805-1814
French 16 Gun
Unrated
Brig
Added
Fanfaron (16)
1804-1809
French 16 Gun
Unrated
Brig
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Le Curieux (16)
1800-1804
French 16 Gun
Unrated
Brig
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Hind (14)
1794-1801
British 14 Gun
Hired
Cutter
(1794)
Earl St Vincent (16)
1799-1801
British 16 Gun
Hired
Schooner
(1799)
Resistance (36)
1801-1803
British 36 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1801)
Medusa (38)
1791-1797
Venetian 38 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1791)
Sir James Alexander Gordon
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1868
Bordelais (24)
1799-1804
British 24 Gun
6th Rate
Post Ship
(1799)
Bordelais (24)
1799-1804
British 24 Gun
6th Rate
Post Ship
(1799)
Venerable (74)
1784-1804
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1784)
Sir John Wentworth Loring
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1837
Sir Robert Barrie
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1787-1837
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La Légère
24925
Nominal Guns
24
E-WIKI
Nationality
Royaume de France
Operator
Private Owners
Extant
1690
E-WIKI
Shipyard
Unknown
E-WIKI
Category
Privateer
E-WIKI
Ship Type
Unknown
Last Mentioned
1693
E-WIKI
Dimensions
Dimension
Measurement
Type
Metric Equivalent
ref:692
Burthen
130
French Tonneaux
128.249
Owners
Dates
Owner
Source
1691
-
1692
Gramont
French
Ship Owner
Service 1691-1692
ref:692
Crew Complement
Date
# of Men
Notes
Source
1691
110
ref:692
2 Ship Commanders
Dates
Rank
Name
Source
1.2.1691
-
11.1691
Capitaine de Corsaire
Joannis de Suhigaraychipy
French
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1690-1693
ref:693
18.4.1693
-
7.5.1693
Capitaine de Frégate Légère
Joannis de Suhigaraychipy
French
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1690-1693
ref:693
1 Commissioned Officer
Dates
Rank
Name
Source
18.12.1691
-
1692
Lieutenant de Corsaire , Private Owners
Jean de Suhigaraychipy
French
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1689-1692
FWIKI
Service History
Date
Event
Source
1691
Took the ship "Princess"
ref:692
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
E-WIKI
Wikipedia
Various
,
Web Site
FWIKI
Wikipedia - France
Various
,
Web Site
ref:692
Base de donnés sur les capitaines corsaires
Jean Jacques Salein
,
Web Site
ref:693
Dr. Francis LeBaron
Gérard Anglade
,
Web Site
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