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Le Petit Gens d'Armes

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Nominal GunsUnknownBWAS-1714
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1782BWAS-1714
Home PortDunkerque - Flanders BG
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1714
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1714
Ship TypeLuggerBG
Captured27.6.1782BWAS-1714

Service History


DateEventSource
27.6.1782Taken by
Shark (16) 1779-1818
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
in the Channel
BWAS-1714
27.6.1782Taken by
Ambuscade (32) 1773-1798
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
in the Channel
BWAS-1714
27.6.1782Taken by
Scourge (4) 1779-1786
British 4 Gun
Unrated Galley
in the Channel
BWAS-1714


Notes on Ship


CaptureBG

Admiralty-Office, July 2, 1782.

Extract of a letter from Vice-Admiral Drake, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Downs, to Mr. Stephens, dated June 29, 1782

The Scourge Sloop arrived this morning with Le Petit Gens d'Armes, a Lugger Privateer, of Dunkirk, taken by the Shark, in company with the Ambuscade and Scourge.


Privateer ??ref:692

Maybe Le Petit Gendarme



 
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