French Privateer lugger 'Le Rusé' (1796)

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Le Rusé
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1793
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1796	ref:692
Home Port	Boulogne-sur-Mer - Picardy	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Lugger	ref:692
Captured	18.5.1799	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen75French Tonneaux88.11

Armament

1796Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck10 French Canons de Fonte

21.12.1797Broadside Weight = 16 French Livre (17.2672 lbs 7.832 kg)W005
Gun Deck8 French 4-Pounder

1799Broadside Weight = 17.5 French Livre (18.886 lbs 8.5664 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck8 French 4-Pounder
Gun Deck6 French Swivel

4.1.1799Broadside Weight = 16 French Livre (17.2672 lbs 7.832 kg)W005
Gun Deck8 French 4-Pounder

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1796 - 1799/05/18ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
179678 ref:692
179755 ref:692
21.12.179770 W005
179945 ref:692
4.1.179970 W005

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1796Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921797Capitaine de CorsaireW0051799 - 18.5.1799Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
21.12.1797Took the Gunboat off DungenessW005
4.1.1799Action of 4 January 1799
18.5.1799Taken by off the Scaw

Notes on Ship

Prizesref:692

8 prizes by Captain Oudart Fourmentin : Growler , Anna , Révolution , Aventure , Cambria , Charles du Nord , Union ...

Growler maybe error with Denis Fourmentin ??

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

W005William James, Digital Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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