French corvette 'La Volage' (1795)

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La Volage
Nominal Guns	22	BWAS-1714
Nationality	République Française
Operator	State Navy
Keel Laid Down	6.1794	BWAS-1714
Launched	7.1795	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	9.1795	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Bordeaux - Guyenne	BWAS-1714
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Corvette	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	1797	BWAS-1714
Becomes	French Privateer corvette 'La Volage' (1797) (22) 1797-1798 French 22 Gun Privateer Corvette

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by regis on Friday 13th of April 2018 14:14

No Jacques Pierre or Jacques Rousillion in Salein Base
No privateer "Volage" in 1760 for now : last update 10/04/2017

Posted by Cy on Sunday 1st of April 2018 11:01

There is a privateer Volage taken by the Alarm in 1762 which may possibly be the same vessel, you can find it using the ship search, but nothing is knon other than the capture.

Posted by Torgrim Sørnes on Sunday 1st of April 2018 10:11

In 1760, a french corsair "La Volage" sailed into Christiansand harbor with its prize, the british merchant vessel "Cumberland". Obviously, this is not the same ship as your "la Volage", but do you have any information on this previous "La Volage"? The captain was Jacques Pierre, the first lieutenant Jacques Rousillion.

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