French Privateer 'Le Tartare' (1779)

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Le Tartare ➡ 1780 Calonne
Nominal Guns	22	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1779	ref:692
Home Port	Le Havre - Normandy	ref:692
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:692
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Unknown	ref:692
Sold	1780	ref:692

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:683
Burthen250French Tonneaux245.729
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen210French Tonneaux206.569

Armament

1779Broadside Weight = 80 French Livre (86.336 lbs 39.16 kg)ref:683
Gun Deck20 French 8-Pounder

1779Broadside Weight = 0.75 French Livre (0.8094 lbs 0.3672 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck3 French Swivel
Gun Deck22 French Canons de Fonte

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1779/10 - 1780/02, Principal Managing Ownerref:683

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1779200 ref:692

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
10.1779 - 2.1780Capitaine de Corsaire , Private Owners, no dateref:683

Service History

DateEventSource
4.1780Renamed Calonneref:683

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
10.4.1780-1780	Dunkirk Privateer Squadron 1780	Jean Baptiste Charles RoyerFrench Naval Sailor Privateer Merchant Sailor Service 1772-1780

Notes on Ship

Ownerref:692

Blanche of the Havre : possible the ship builder M Blanche ??

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:683Gilbert Buti, Philippe Hrodej, Digital Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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