French Privateer 'La Constance' (1797)

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La Constance
Nominal Guns	12	ref:692
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1797	ref:692
Home Port	Nantes - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown	ref:692
Captured	25.1.1798	ref:692

Armament

1797Broadside Weight = 1 French Livre (1.0792 lbs 0.4896 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck4 French Swivel
Gun Deck12 French Canons de Fonte

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
179796 ref:692

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1797 - 25.1.1798Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
25.1.1798Taken by on the Lisbon Stationref:692

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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Posted by Jon Miller on Sunday 14th of June 2026 11:43

Admiralty Office, 20 February 1798: Letter from Captain Rogers, of his Majesty’s ship the Mercury to Earl St Vincent.
His Majesty’s ship Mercury, at sea, Jan 25 - My Lord, I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that this day at noon, the Burlings bearing south east forty-two leagues, I fell in with La Constance French brig privateer, belonging to Nantz, which I captured after a chace of five hours; she is a remarkable fine vessel, pierced for eighteen guns, but has only twelve six and nine pounders on board, and ninety-six men, copper-bottomed, quite new, sails very fast, and is only ten days from Nantz, on a cruize off the western islands. I have the honour to be, &c, Tho Rogers. [Hampshire Chronicle, 3 March 1798, ex London Gazette]

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