French Privateer ship 'Le Tigre' (1745)

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Le Tigre	17466
Nominal Guns	26	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1745	BWAS-1714
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	BG
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Captured	22.2.1746/47	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen300French Tonneaux293.7

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1745 - 1747/02/22 Jacques Louis Desmaisonsref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1745337 ref:692
1746325 ref:692
22.2.1747220 BG

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1745Corsaire Captain Jean Pallierref:6921746 - 22.2.1747Corsaire Captain Alain Bernard Emeric (1725-1781)ref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1745

Took 8 ships : part of the Admiral of France , 20195 Livres Tournois

ref:692
1746

Took 2 ships under Captain Emeric

ref:692
22.2.1747Taken by Falkland (50) after a chase of 5 hours in the Channel and brought her into Falmouth .BG

Notes on Ship

Date of capture ref:692

In Salein , 5/3/1747

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BGOfficial, Web Site

ref:692J. J. Salein, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Michael Contratto on Sunday 6th of December 2020 16:56

ok, that is confusing!

Posted by Cy on Tuesday 1st of December 2020 17:23

You're forgetting that the Julian aalender was in use in England at that time, so 1747 is correct if you adjust for the first day of the year being 1st Jan. and not 25 March. Date has been amended so it shows 1746/47

Posted by Michael Contratto on Tuesday 1st of December 2020 15:24

she was taken in 17h6, not 1747.
see issue 8619 of london gazzette page 2

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Le Tigre
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Nominal Guns	26	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1745	BWAS-1714
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	BG
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Captured	22.2.1746/47	BWAS-1714