French Privateer brig 'La Rancune' (1800)

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La Rancune
Nominal Guns	10	ref:692
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1800	ref:692
Home Port	Bordeaux - Guyenne	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Brig	BG
Captured	27.9.1800	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen120French Tonneaux118.459

Armament

27.9.1800Broadside Weight UnknownBG
Gun Deck14 French Canons de Fonte

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1800 - 1800/09/27ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
180048 ref:692
27.9.180060 BG

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1800Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921800 - 27.9.1800Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1800

Took under Captain Bailly the ships "Frow" and "Elisabeth"

ref:692
27.9.1800Taken by BG

Notes on Ship

Armamentsref:692

10 guns under Captain Bailly

16 guns under Captain Naguille

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Thursday 16th of July 2026 05:32

Prize Money: Diamond – On board, at Plymouth, the 15th instant, for he capture of Le Charles, April 26, 1800; La Racune, Sept 30, 1800; El Vivo, Sept 30, 1800; Le Magicienne, October 6, 1800; and Dick re-captured, Oct 16, 1800. Recall at Mr Edward Lockyer’s, Plymouth. [Hampshire Telegraph, 18 May 1801]

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