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Le Moucheron ➡ 1799 Actif ➡ 1800 Moucheron

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Nominal Guns16BWAS-1793
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1798BWAS-1793
Home PortBordeaux - Guyenne BWAS-1793
ShipyardBordeaux - Guyenne BWAS-1793
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1793
Ship TypeBrigBWAS-1793
Captured16.2.1801BWAS-1793
Becomes
British sloop 'Moucheron' (1801) (16) 1801-1807
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck93' 0"Imperial Feet28.3464 
Length of Keel76' 1 ⅞"Imperial Feet23.187 
Breadth26' 7"Imperial Feet7.9248 
Depth in Hold12' 0"Imperial Feet3.6576 
Burthen286 2494Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1792
Burthen250Tonneaux 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen250French Tonneaux245.729 

Armament


1798Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck16 French Canons de Fonte

1801Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck16 French Canons de Fonte

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1798
Laprée French
Ship Owner
Service 1798
Principal Managing Owner
ref:692

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1798130 ref:692
1801120 ref:692
16.2.1801130 BG

2 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1798Capitaine de Corsaire
François LugeolFrench
Privateer
Merchant Sailor
Service 1798-1800
ref:692
1801 - 16.2.1801Capitaine de Corsaire
PruvostFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
ref:692

Service History


DateEventSource
1798

Wreck under Captain Lugeol : same ship after 1799 ?? , same 16 guns , 250 Tx and Homeport Bordeaux .

ref:692
1799Renamed ActifBWAS-1793
1800Renamed MoucheronBWAS-1793
c.28.1.1801Sailed from {location}BG
16.2.1801Taken by
Revolutionaire (36) 1794-1822
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
on the Irish Station
BG


Notes on Ship


CaptureBG

Revolutionnaire , at sea , 16th , February 1801 .
My Lords , I have the honor to inform your Lordship , that early this morning , I captured the French Brig Privateer Moucheron , belonging to Bordeaux , mounting 16 guns , 12 and 6-pounders a n d 130 men , out 20 days from Passage,. but had only made 1 Capture , the William Brig of  London , from Saint Michael's, loaded with  fruit .
I have the honor to be , &c.
Thomas Twysden



 
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