French Privateer 'L'Aventurier' (1799)

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L'Aventurier
Nominal Guns	14	ref:692
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1799	ref:692
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown	ref:692
Last known	1800	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen119French Tonneaux117.48

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1799 - 1800ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1799100with Captain Zepertref:692
179967with Captain Delarveref:692
1800100with Captain Le Bedelref:692

5 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
9.1798 - 1799Capitaine de Corsaireref:7431799Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921799 - 1800Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921799 - 1800Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921800Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
9.1798 - 1799Capitaine en Secondref:743

2 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
9.1798 - 1799Volontaire de la Marineref:7439.1798 - 1799Volontaire de la Marineref:743

Service History

DateEventSource
1799

Captain La Rue disambark for sickness at Cancale

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

ref:743Daniel Burgot, Web Site

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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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