French Privateer corvette 'La Volage' (1797)

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La Volage	19396
Nominal Guns	22	BWAS-1714
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Previously	French corvette 'La Volage' (1795) (22)
Acquired	1797	BWAS-1714
Home Port	Nantes - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Bordeaux - Gascony	BWAS-1714
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Corvette	ref:692
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Captured	23.1.1798	BWAS-1714
Becomes	British Sixth Rate post ship 'Volage' (1798) (22)

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck118' 10 ½"Imperial Feet35.9791
Length of Keel99' 5 ½"Imperial Feet30.1879
Breadth31' 5 ¼"Imperial Feet9.4552
Depth in Hold8' 4"Imperial Feet2.54
Burthen522 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen400French Tonneaux391.6

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1797 - 1798/01/23 Félix Cossin de Chourses (Seigneur des Chourses (Chources)) (1762-1816)ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1797195 ref:692

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1797 - 23.1.1798Corsaire Captain Joseph Augustin Desageneaux (1758-1813)ref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1797

Loan for privateering

ref:692
23.1.1798Taken by Melampus (36) on the Irish coast

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ref:692J. J. Salein, Web Site

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