French Privateer 'Le Sans Peur' (1798)

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Le Sans Peur
Nominal Guns	6	ref:692
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1798	ref:692
Home Port	Dunkerque - Flanders	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown	ref:692
Captured	13.2.1801	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen26French Tonneaux29.6963

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1798 - 1799/04/23ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
179828 ref:692
180114 ref:692

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1798 - 23.4.1799Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921801 - 13.2.1801Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1798

Took the danish ship "Ouvet Valh"

ref:692
23.3.1799

Disarmed by Captain Mory at Dunkerque

ref:692

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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Posted by Jon Miller on Thursday 28th of May 2026 20:46

Harwich, 13 February: This afternoon was captured by the Argus, Lively, and Viper Revenue cutters, a French privateer, under the disguise of a fishing smack, called the Sans Peur, of Dunkirk, Citizen Job Bunker, commander, mounting six guns, from one to two-pounders, five of which she threw overboard yesterday in a gale of wind, and carrying 18 men. She left the Helder on Monday last, and has not taken any thing. At the time of her capture she was lying off the entrance of this harbour, amidst a large fleet of merchantmen. part of whom no doubt would have fallen into her net, but for the fortunate circumstance of her discovery. This is her second cruize on this part of the coast. [London Packet, 18 February 1801]

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