French Privateer 'Le Faucon' (1695)

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Le Faucon
Nominal Guns	18	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1695	ref:692
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown	ref:692
Last known	1697	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen150French Tonneaux147.829

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1695 - 1696ref:692
1697ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1695114 ref:692
1697117 ref:692

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1695 - 1697Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1695

Took from 1695 to 1696 : Diaper , Fidélité

ref:692
1695Took the Merchant ref:1585
4.11.1695Capture of the Saint Paul
4.11.1695Took the Merchantman near the Isles of Scillyref:1010
27.11.1695Took the Merchantman at 30 lieues off the Isles of Scilly .ref:1010
18.1.1696Took the Merchantman ref:1010
30.7.1696Took the Merchantman near Cape Clare .ref:1010
21.9.1696Took the Privateer ref:1010
1697

Took the ships : Marie , St Jean Baptiste , Prospérité

ref:692

Notes on Ship

Same ship asref:1585

Faucon

captured by a privateer of Browne in 1695

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1010Administration, Document

ref:1585 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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Tuesday 28th of July 2026 12:49	Jon Miller	British Merchant east indiaman 'Lord Thurlow' (1789) (Unknown) 1789-1802 British Unknown Gun Merchant East Indiaman
Tuesday 28th of July 2026 12:44	Jon Miller	Robert WardlawBritish Merchant Sailor Service 1799-1807
Tuesday 28th of July 2026 12:43	Jon Miller	William MaxwellBritish Merchant Sailor Service 1798-1809
Tuesday 28th of July 2026 12:42	Jon Miller	George GoochBritish Ship Owner Service 1809-1821
Tuesday 28th of July 2026 12:41	Jon Miller	John Altham CumberlegeBritish Merchant Sailor Service 1800-1802

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