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La Minerve

14131
Nominal Guns16ref:692
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1793ref:692
Home PortSt Malo - Brittany ref:692
ShipyardUnknownref:692
CategoryPrivateerref:692
Ship TypeCorvetteref:692
Sailing RigShip Riggedref:692
Captured31.12.1798ref:692

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen260French Tonneaux255.519 

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1793
Fontan and ThomasFrench
Ship Owner
Service 1797-1800
ref:692
1796 - 1797
Fontan and ThomasFrench
Ship Owner
Service 1797-1800
ref:692
1797
Fontan Jeune and ThomasFrench
Ship Owner
Service 1799
ref:692
1798 - 1798/12/31
Fontan and ThomasFrench
Ship Owner
Service 1797-1800
ref:692

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1793125 ref:692
1796130 ref:692
1797117from 1797 to 1798 with Captain Daguenetref:692
31.12.1798140 TNC

5 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1793Capitaine de Corsaire
Nicolas Julien LeguéFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1793
ref:692
1796Capitaine de Corsaire
DufresnesFrench
Privateer
Merchant Sailor
Service 1796
ref:692
1797Capitaine de Corsaire
Nicolas Dufranc-LéguéFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1797
ref:692
1797 - 1.1.1798Capitaine de Corsaire
Jean Hervé Daguenet de Hautelande French
Naval Sailor
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1797
ref:692
3.12.1798 - 31.12.1798Capitaine de Corsaire
Jean Hervé Daguenet de Hautelande French
Naval Sailor
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1797
ref:692

Service History


DateEventSource
1793

Took the ships "Louisa" , "Junon" , "Comtesse de Shyne" , "Juonna"

ref:692
1796

Disarmed by Captain Dufresnes

ref:692
1797

Took under Captain Daguenet the ships "Squid"

ref:692
1797

Took under Captain Dufranc-Légué the ships "Elisabeth" and "Sgid" same as "Squid" ??

ref:692
1.1.1798

Disarmed by Captain Daguenet

ref:692
3.12.1798

Sailed from St Malo

TNC
11.12.1798

From the 11 to the 31 , took the ships :

Martinus, a Bremen Brig, from Lisbon bound to
Bremen, with Sugar, Coffee, and Hides.


Tagus, Portuguese Brig, from Lisbon bound to
Bristol, with Lemons and Oranges.


Minerva, English Snow, from Providence to London,
with Sugar, Coffee, and Cotton.


Ann and Dorothea, Danish Schooner, (captured
under the Name of Beata Maria) from SaintThomas bound to Hamburgh, with Cocoa and
Cotton, retaken by HMS Indefatigable.


Asphalon, Ship of Newcastle, John Edgar, Master,
from Halifax bound to London, with Sugar,
Coffee, and Tobacco, ... retaken by HMS Indefatigable

BG
31.12.1798Taken by
Indefatigable (64) 1784-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Ushant bearing N. E. five leagues
TNC


Notes on Ship


Captainsref:692

Dufranc-Légué and Légué same seaman ??



 
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