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Le Coureur

22015
Nominal Guns24BWAS-1793
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1798BWAS-1793
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1793
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1793
Ship TypeUnknownBWAS-1793
Captured23.2.1798BWAS-1793
Becomes
British sloop 'Coureur' (1798) (20) 1798-1801
British 20 Gun
Unrated Sloop

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck119' 11 ½"Imperial Feet36.2839 
Length of Keel89' 3 ⅝"Imperial Feet27.1431 
Breadth27' 4 ½"Imperial Feet8.2423 
Depth in Hold13' 6"Imperial Feet4.0132 
Burthen355 9194Tons BM 

Service History


DateEventSource
23.2.1798Taken by
Jason (38) 1794-1798
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate


 
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Posted by Jon Miller on Sunday 14th of June 2026 14:35

Captain Charles Stirling, commander of his Majesty’s ship Jason, has captured Le Coureur, a French corvette belonging to the Government of France, and commanded by officers of the navy, but lent the merchants for a privateer. She mounts twenty-four gunsand one hundred and fifty men. [Hampshire Chronicle, 3 March 1798]


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