French Privateer lugger 'Le Rusé' (1796)

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Le Rusé

22992
Nominal Guns14BWAS-1793
NationalityRépublique française
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1796ref:692
Home PortBoulogne-sur-Mer - Picardy ref:692
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1793
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1793
Ship TypeLugger ref:692
Captured18.5.1799BWAS-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 CaptainJacques Oudart Fourmentin (1764-1848)ref:6921797Corsaire CaptainDenis Nicolas Fourmentin (1759-1799)W0051799 - 18.5.1799Corsaire CaptainPierre 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 ??

 


 
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