French Privateer 'Le Mars' (1798)

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Le Mars
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1793
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1798	BWAS-1793
Home Port	Nantes - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Captured	4.2.1798	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen500French Tonneaux489.5

Armament

1798Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck14 French Canons de Fonte

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1798 - 1798/02/04 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1798220 ref:692

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1798 - 4.2.1798Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
4.2.1798Taken by off Cape Clear

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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Posted by Jon Miller on Sunday 14th of June 2026 12:01

Letter from Lord A Beauclerk to Vice-Admiral Kingsmill on the Cork Station:-
Dryad, Cork Harbour, Feb 9: Sir, I have the honour to inform you that on the 4th instant at five AM, Cape Clear north east twenty leagues, I captured Le Mars, a stout fast-sailing privateer from Nantes, pierced for twenty guns, had mounted twelve twelves, two eighteens, and two twelve-pound carronades, with two hundred and twenty-two men; had been out forty-nine days, and not captured any thing. I am, Sir, &c, A Beauclerk. [Hampshire Chronicle, 24 February 1798, ex London Gazette]

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