French Privateer 'L'Impromptu' (1803)

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L'Impromptu
Nominal Guns	Unknown	ref:692
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1803	ref:692
Home Port	Boulogne-sur-Mer - Picardy	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown	ref:692
Last known	3.1806	ref:692

Armament

1803Broadside Weight = 0.5 French Livre (0.5396 lbs 0.2448 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck2 French Swivel

1806Broadside Weight = 1 French Livre (1.0792 lbs 0.4896 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck4 French Swivel
Gun Deck4 French Canons de Fonte

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1803 - 1806/03ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
180340 ref:692
180645 ref:692

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1803Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921803 - 3.1806Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Notes on Ship

Prizesref:692

By Captain Oudart Fourmentin : Neptune , Hope , Autumn , Flora , Vénus , Richard , Freedom

By Captain Sauvage : Bee , Nancy

Captainref:692

Captain Jean Fourmentin in 1803 : privateer Impromptu no other clue maybe this ship

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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