French Privateer lugger 'Le Rusé' (1796)

Three Decks' Forum

Come and ask, answer or inform.

Recent updates

Le Rusé	22992
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1793
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1796	ref:692
Home Port	Boulogne-sur-Mer - Picardy	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Lugger	ref:692
Captured	18.5.1799	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen75French Tonneaux88.11

Armament

1796Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck10 French Canons de Fonte

21.12.1797Broadside Weight = 16 French Livre (17.2672 lbs 7.832 kg)W005
Gun Deck8 French 4-Pounder

1799Broadside Weight = 17.5 French Livre (18.886 lbs 8.5664 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck8 French 4-Pounder
Gun Deck6 French Swivel

4.1.1799Broadside Weight = 16 French Livre (17.2672 lbs 7.832 kg)W005
Gun Deck8 French 4-Pounder

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1796 - 1799/05/18 Tiessetref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
179678 ref:692
179755 ref:692
21.12.179770 W005
179945 ref:692
4.1.179970 W005

3 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1796Corsaire Captain Jacques Oudart Fourmentin (1764-1848)ref:6921797Corsaire Captain Denis Nicolas Fourmentin (1759-1799)W0051799 - 18.5.1799Corsaire Captain Pierre Audibertref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
21.12.1797Took the Gunboat Growler (12) off DungenessW005
4.1.1799Action of 4 January 1799
18.5.1799Taken by Kite (18) off the Scaw

Notes on Ship

Prizesref:692

8 prizes by Captain Oudart Fourmentin : Growler , Anna , Révolution , Aventure , Cambria , Charles du Nord , Union ...

Growler maybe error with Denis Fourmentin ??

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ref:692J. J. Salein, Web Site

W005William James, Digital Book

Previous comments on this pageno comments to display

Make a comment about this page

Recent comments to other pages

Date posted	By	Page
Saturday 26th of September 2020 08:38	E.Morris	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Montagu' (1779) (74)
Saturday 26th of September 2020 08:22	E.Morris	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Montagu' (1779) (74)
Friday 25th of September 2020 23:54	Jon Manuel Byron III	Thomas Draper
Thursday 24th of September 2020 19:51	Richard Bateman	British cutter 'Racer' (1810) (10)
Thursday 24th of September 2020 06:58	Cliff Thornton	Richard Pickersgill (d.1779)

GDPR Statement