French Privateer corvette 'Le Diable à Quatre' (1792)

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Le Diable à Quatre
Nominal Guns	18	BWAS-1793
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Launched	1792	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Bordeaux - Guyenne	BWAS-1793
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1793
National Rate	Cinquième Rang	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Corvette	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Captured	26.10.1800	BWAS-1793
Becomes	British sloop 'Imogen' (1800) (18) 1800-1805 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen350French Tonneaux343.629

1799Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck16 French Canons de Fonte

DatesOwnerSource
1798ref:692
1799 - 1800ref:692

Date# of MenNotesSource
1799150 ref:692

DatesRankNameSource
1798Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921799 - 26.10.1800Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

DateEventSource
26.10.1800Taken by In the Bay of Biscay
26.10.1800Taken by In the Bay of Biscay

Prizesref:692

6 prizes by Captain Lemaitre : Portland , Duc de Gordon , Hasard

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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