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Le Grand Dalembert

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Nominal Guns14ref:692
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquiredc.11.1795FWIKI
Home PortBordeaux - Guyenne ref:692
ShipyardUnknownref:692
CategoryPrivateerref:692
Ship TypeUnknownref:692
Captured1803FWIKI

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen350French Tonneaux343.629 

Armament


1798Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck14 French Canons de Fer

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1795/11 - 1803
Jean-Étienne BalguerieFrench
Ship Owner
Merchant Sailor
Service 1779-1830
Principal Managing Owner
FWIKI

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
179880 ref:692

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
c.11.1795 - 8.1.1800Capitaine de Corsaire
Etienne SénacFrench
Privateer
Service 1795-1800
and subrécargue
FWIKI

1 Passenger


DatesRankNameSource
1800 - 8.1.1800Capitaine de Corsaire
M Etienne PeltierFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1796-1800
FWIKI

Service History


DateEventSource
11.1795

In the month of Frimaire of the year 7 (Nov-Dec 1795) , Balguerie armed the "Grand Dalembert" , a privateer loaded with goods , in Bordeaux for the French Colonies . Commanded by Étienne Sénac , supercargo , after stopovers in Puerto Rico , she returned to Lorient on January 8, 1800 , with a privateer Marie-Étienne Peltier as a passenger .

FWIKI
8.1.1800

Disarmed at Lorient

E-WIKI
aft.20.5.1802Refitted as a Merchant Slave ShipFWIKI
1803

The 20 May 1802 , after Napoleon restored slavery abolished by the Convention in 1794 , in 1803 he armed a slave expedition via Angola to Saint-Thomas (Virgin Islands) during which his ship , Le Grand-d'Alembert , is captured by the English .

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