French Privateer cutter 'Le Voltigeur' (1796)

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Le Voltigeur
Nominal Guns	Unknown	ref:692
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1796	ref:692
Home Port	Nantes - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Cutter	ref:692
Sold	1798	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen200French Tonneaux195.8

Armament

1796Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck5 French Canons de Fonte

1797Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck10 French Canons de Fonte

1798Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck10 French Canons de Fonte

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1797 - 1798 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
179660 ref:692
1797110 ref:692
1798110 ref:692

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1796Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921797 - 1798Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921798Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1796

Rearmed after the cruise of Captain Caron .

ref:692
10.12.1797

End of the cruise of Captain Jean Alexandre Giraud .

ref:692

Notes on Ship

1 or 2 ships ?ref:692

Captured under Captain Giraud du Bourg des Moutiers the 13/11/1797 : same description of the ship in 1797 and 1798 , 10 guns , 110 men , 200 Tx .

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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