French Privateer 'La Gageure' (1798)

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La Gageure
Nominal Guns	1	ref:692
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1798	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown	ref:692
Last known	1798	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen12French Tonneaux17.622

Armament

1798Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck1 French Canons de Fonte

1.1798Broadside Weight = 1 French Livre (1.0792 lbs 0.4896 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck4 French Swivel

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1798ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
179822 ref:692

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1798Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Notes on Ship

Homeportref:692

Bayonne and St Jean de Luz

Armamentsref:692

2 cruises in 1798 : one with 1 gun , the second with 4 swivels

Ship Typeref:692

Trincadoure

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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