French Privateer frigate 'L'Hercule' (1693)

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British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
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5th Rate Frigate
(1783)
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L'Hercule
Nominal Guns	28	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1693	ref:692
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Frigate
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Last known	1694	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen400French Tonneaux391.6

Armament

1695Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck28 French Canons de Fer

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1693 Principal Managing Ownerref:692
1694 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1693Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921693Capitaine de Corsaireref:69225.3.1693 - 4.5.1693Capitaine de Vaisseauref:6931694Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1693

Disarmed by Captain DuGuay-Trouin at Brest

ref:692
1693Took the Merchant ref:1585
1693Took the Merchant ref:1585
1694

Took the ship "Panthère" .

ref:692

Notes on Ship

Same ship ?ref:692

in 1693 and 1694

no description in 1694 , only Homeport St Malo

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1585 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

ref:693Gérard Anglade, Web Site

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