French Privateer 'L'Intrépide' (1709)

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L'Intrépide
Nominal Guns	Unknown	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1709	ref:692
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown	ref:692
Last known	1711	ref:692

Armament

1709Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck28 French Canons de Fer

1710Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck22 French Canons de Fer

1711Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck24 French Canons de Fer

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1709 - 1711ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1709153 ref:692
1710163 ref:692
1711140 ref:692

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1709 - 1710Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921711Capitaine de Corsaire†ref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1709

Took under Captain Le Muet de la Sauvagère the ship "Dom Carlos" .

ref:692
1710

Took under Captain Le Muet de la Sauvagère the ship "Jean Constant" .

ref:692
26.12.1710Took the Merchantman after combatref:1010
26.12.1710Took the Privateer after 2 hours of combatref:1010
1711

Took under Captain Lesne des Chesnaye the ships "Larme" , "Cheval Blanc" , "Elisabeth" , "Parfait" , "Succès" , "Brigitte" , "Richard" and "Jacques" .

ref:692

Notes on Ship

Same ships ???ref:692

in 1709 burthen 150 tx

in 1710 burthen 170 tx

in 1711 burthen 180 tx

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1010Administration, Document

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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