French Privateer frigate 'La Fidèle' (1713)

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La Fidèle
Nominal Guns	26	ref:1983
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
First Mentioned	3.5.1713	ref:1983
Home Port	Brest - Brittany	ref:1983
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:1983
Category	Privateer	ref:1983
Ship Type	Frigate
Captured	3.9.1717	ref:1983
Becomes	Spanish Fifth Rate frigate 'Fidela' (1717) (30) 1717-1726 Spanish 30 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1983
Burthen250Ton

Date# of MenNotesSource
171375 ref:1983

DatesRankNameSource
3.5.1713 - 3.9.1717Capitaine de Corsaireref:1983

DatesRankNameSource
28.7.1718 - 5.9.1718Capitaine de Corsaireref:1983

DateEventSource
30.9.1713Sailed from Brest ref:1983
2.10.1713Arrived at Plymouth ref:1983
9.10.1713Sailed from Plymouth ref:1983
29.12.1713Arrived at La Coruña ref:1983
6.1.1714Sailed from La Coruña ref:1983
2.2.1714Arrived at Santa Cruz de Tenerife ref:1983
26.2.1714Sailed from Santa Cruz de Tenerife ref:1983
7.3.1714Arrived at Cape Verde Islands ref:1983
12.3.1714Sailed from Cape Verde Islands ref:1983
23.4.1714Arrived at Bahia ref:1983
7.5.1714

Sailed from Bahia

ref:1983
3.9.1717Taken by ref:1983

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1983 Book

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