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La Villegénie

17449
Nominal Guns12ref:692
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1758ref:692
Home PortSt Malo - Brittany ref:692
ShipyardUnknownref:692
CategoryPrivateerref:692
Ship TypeUnknownref:692
Captured5.4.1760ref:692

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen90French Tonneaux88.11 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:819
Length of Keel60French Feet (Pied du Roi)1.624 (5′ 3″ Imperial)

Armament


5.4.1760Broadside Weight = 1.5 French Livre (1.6188 lbs 0.7344 kg)BG
Gun Deck6 French Swivel
Gun Deck12 French Canons de Fonte

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1758 - 1759/02/17
Petel and LeyritzFrench
Ship Owner
ref:819
1759/02/17 - 1760/04/05
René Auguste de ChateaubriandFrench
Naval Sailor
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1747-1757
ref:692

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
175861 ref:692
8.4.175957 ref:819
9.4.176069wrong date ??ref:819

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
1758 - 5.4.1760Capitaine de Corsaire
Pierre Anne Marie de Chateaubriand (Sieur du Plessis)French
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1758-1760
ref:692

Service History


DateEventSource
1758

From 1758 to 05/04/1760 , took 7 prizes under  Captain Pierre Anne Marie de Chateaubriand : Britannia

ref:692
28.10.1758

Return from Terre Neuve at St Malo

ref:819
17.2.1759

Auctioning off the ship to cloture the books : Chateaubriand buy it for 12500 Livres Tournois against the 12000 L.T of Petel and Leyritz , the previous owners

ref:819
8.4.1759

Depart for Cap François from St Malo

ref:819
28.12.1759

Return at St Malo

ref:819
5.4.1760Taken by
Antelope (50) 1742-1783
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
off the Lizard
BG
9.4.1760

Date ??? of depart as privateer from St Malo

ref:819
7.8.1760

End of the books for this ship at St Malo

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