French Privateer frigate 'Le Jupiter' (1757)

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Le Jupiter
Nominal Guns	22	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1757	BWAS-1714
Home Port	Bayonne - Aquitaine	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate (Frégate Légère)	BWAS-1714
Captured	13.5.1762	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen320French Tonneaux314.259

Armament

1757Broadside Weight = 68.5 French Livre (73.9252 lbs 33.531 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck22 French 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle10 French Swivel

9.1757Broadside Weight = 66 French Livre (71.2272 lbs 32.307 kg)ref:818
Gun Deck22 French 6-Pounder

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1757 - 1762/05/13ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1757260 ref:692
9.1757250 ref:818
13.5.1762185 BG

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1757 - 1760Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1757

Took under Captain Minbielle 5 prizes : "Joly Basilew" , "Guillaume Elisabeth" , ...

ref:692
9.1757

At sea

ref:818
13.5.1762Taken by off Cape Clear bearing N. E. 160 LeaguesBG

Notes on Ship

ArmamentsBG

At the capture , 22 Guns of 9 and 6-Pounders , 10 Swivels.

CaptureBG

Admiralty Office, June 14.

Captain Penny, of His Majesty's Ship the Lore, gives an account, in his letter of the 2d Instant from Cork, that on the 13th past, Cape Clear bearing N. E. 160 leagues, he took the Jupiter, a French Privateer belonging to Bayonne, of 22 Guns, 9 and 6-pounders, 10 swivels, and 185 men

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

ref:818William Fuller Maitland, Digital Book

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