French Merchant letter of marque 'Le Tigre Galère' (1705)

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Le Tigre Galère
Nominal Guns	20	ref:1585
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	bef.14.11.1705	ref:1585
Home Port	Brest - Brittany	ref:1585
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:1585
Category	Merchant	ref:1585
Ship Type	Letter of Marque	ref:692
Last known	1709	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen180French Tonneaux177.199
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1585
Burthen160Tonneaux

Armament

14.11.1705Broadside Weight Unknownref:1585
Gun Deck20 French Canons de Fer

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1705/11/14 - 1705 Principal Managing Ownerref:1585

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
14.11.170540 ref:1585
170862 ref:692
170928 ref:692

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
14.11.1705 - 1705Capitaine de Corsaireref:15851708Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921709Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1708

From 1708 to 1709 , homeport Dunkirk .

ref:692
1708Issued with a Letter of Marque as a 20 gun Privateer (Frégate Légère)ref:692

Notes on Ship

Tonnage ??ref:692

In 1708 : 180 tx

In 1709 : 160 tx

Same ship ???

Cautionref:1585

Denis cautionne P. Havard , capitaine du Tigre-Galère , de Brest , 160 tonn. , 20 canons , 40 hommes d'équipage , commissionné en guerre et marchandises (14 Nov. 1705) .

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1585 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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