French Privateer 'Le Saint Jacques des Victoires' (1696)

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Le Saint Jacques des Victoires
Nominal Guns	48	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Previously	Dutch Other Vessels 'Saint Jacques des Victoires' (1696) (Unknown) 1696-1696 Dutch Unknown Gun Other Unknown
Captured	31.3.1696	ref:1585
Home Port	Lorient - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:1585
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown
Last known	1697	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen300French Tonneaux293.7

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1696232 ref:692

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
aft.4.1696 - 1696Capitaine de Corsaireref:1585aft.4.1696 - 1697Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
aft.4.1696

Homeport Brest .

ref:1585
aft.4.1696

Took and ramson for 370 Livres Serlings the Paragon .

ref:1585
19.10.1696Took the Merchantman after combat 50 leagues off Ouessantref:1585
18.11.1696Took the Merchant near Ouessant .ref:1585

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1585 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by regis on Wednesday 29th of June 2016 17:42

J'ai retrouvé tes informations moins précises dans "mes campagnes de mer sous louis 14" de Villette-Mursay : escorte + huit marchands aucun nom à part les vaisseaux français
Puis-je avoir ta source

Merci

Posted by gauthard serge on Wednesday 29th of June 2016 15:21

31 mars 1696 : combat du cap finisterre.
3 vaisseaux du roi affrétés pour la guerre de courses croisent un convoi provenant d'Ostende de 7 navires marchands escorté par 1 vaisseau en direction de Cadix pour compléter leur chargement de marchandise et partir ensuite vers la nouvelle Espagne ( Amérique ).

bilan :
4 navires marchands et le vaisseau d'escorte sont capturés.

division française:
70 FORT , 2 rang , lancé 1693, Amiral Marquis de Nesmond.
54 TéMéRAIRE , 3 rang , lancé 1695 , capitaine : ??
50 FOUGUEUX , 3 rang , Capitaine : Chevalier d'Ailly.

escorte espagnole : 1 vaisseau d' Ostende
48 SANTIAGO LAS VICTORIAS armé en course devient : 46 SAINT JACQUES DES VICTOIRE.
les prises sont ramenées à Brest sauf 1 à la Rochelle.

Pertes commerciales alliées : environ 5 Millions de Livres de France.

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Thursday 11th of June 2026 04:02	Jon Miller	Edward BassBritish Naval Sailor Service 1790-1810
Thursday 11th of June 2026 03:56	Jon Miller	James WelshBritish Naval Sailor Service 1799-1809
Thursday 11th of June 2026 03:39	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Hebe' (1782) (38) 1782-1811 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate 1805 Renamed "Blonde"
Thursday 11th of June 2026 03:03	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Sirius' (1797) (36) 1797-1810 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Thursday 11th of June 2026 02:59	Jon Miller	James Richard DacresBritish Naval Sailor Service 1762-1808

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