French Privateer frigate 'La Vengeance' (1756)

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La Vengeance
Nominal Guns	28	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Extant	1756	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	1757	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	St Malo - Brittany	BWAS-1714
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Captured	8.1.1758	BWAS-1714
Becomes	British Sixth Rate frigate 'Vengeance' (1758) (28) 1758-1766 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck116' 11"Imperial Feet35.3584
Length of Keel95' 10 ⅜"Imperial Feet28.9655
Breadth32' 4"Imperial Feet9.8044
Depth in Hold11' 3 ½""Imperial Feet3.3655
Burthen533 ⁸⁄₉₄Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen300French Tonneaux293.7

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1757ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1756250under Captain Bordaisref:692
1757250under Captain Brévilleref:692

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1756 - 27.12.1756Capitaine de Corsaire†TGM1757Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921757 - 8.1.1758Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1756

Took under Captain Bordais the ships "David et Rebecca" and "Alexandre"

ref:692
23.12.1756Action of 23 December 1756
23.12.1756Took the Privateer B103
1757

Took 4 prizes under Captain Bréville

ref:692
8.1.1758Taken by in Latitude of 49 and a half, and about 45 Leagues to the Westward of the LizardBG

Notes on Ship

Armaments at her captureBG

Pierced for 32 Guns, but has mounted only 24 Twelve and Nine Pounders and about 20 Swivels, had 319 Men on the "Role d'Equipage" : at her depart from port , not the 08/01/1758

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B103Joseph Allen, Digital Book

BGOfficial, Web Site

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

TGMVarious, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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