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Demerliac request 27 February 2022

Hi Rama: Hope all is well with you. I just put up an article on Air Balloon (1784 Hull ship). In 1797 the French privateer Hawk captured her off Norway. I think Hawk, or her name in French, was a privateer lugger operating out of Calais. Does Demerliac have anything on her? Thanks, Acad Ronin (talk) 02:46, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I'll sleep when I'm dead, but I should hardly think that I am the one to complain...

Hawk would be Faucon in French, but I do not have any matching ship.

Air Ballon, what a fascinating name!

Cheers! Rama (talk) 06:48, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for trying. It is a great name, which is why I detoured a little to write tht two of them up. Well, at some point we will get lucky again. Regards, Acad Ronin (talk) 11:44, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rama, I was just looking at Air Balloon (1784 Hull ship) again and saw that the name the French privateer that captured her was Emouchet, not Hawk. Does Demerliac have anything on Emouchet?. Regards, Acad Ronin (talk) 20:45, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Acad Ronin,

Well, Today I Learned, as they say.

Émouchet (no 1902, p.231), privateer lugger built by Michel Colin-Olivier between 1795 and 1796, commissioned in Dieppe in April 1796. First cruise between April 1796 and March 1797 under François Clémence, with 12 guns; another cruise in 1797 under a Captain Tourneux.

Cheers! Rama (talk) 18:24, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rama, excellent result. I added the info both to the Air Balloon article and to the article on HMS Albatross (1795) that I am preparing. Cheers, Acad Ronin (talk) 21:25, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Demerliac request 16 March 2023

Hi Rama, I have just put up Chesterfield (1806 ship). There are three French privateers named. Does Demerliac have any information about San Josef, and most importantly, Epervier? Also, Chesterfield became the Cherbourg privateer L'Aigle. I have Demerliac info about L'Aigle but would appreciate your checking that my info is correct. Thanks, Acad Ronin (talk) 19:44, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

San Josef: The spelling would probably be San Joseph, but I have no ship by that same with compatible dates.
Épervier: Probably no 1860, p.252: a privateer commissioned in Dieppe in 1810 under Captain Bonamy, who made a signle cruise in 1810. She was then sold and made another cruise in February 1811 with 55 men and 16 guns.
Aigle: (also misspelt Agile), no 1954, p.259: privateer commissioned in Cherbourd in 1811. Two cruises (1811 to March 1812 and later in 1812 to September 1812) under Alexandre-William Black with 61 men and 14 guns. Taken by HMS Sybille in September 1812.

Gallois has a biography of Black in Les corsaires français sous la République et l'Empire, p.254 and subsequent. He reports that in March 1812 Aigle captured the 130-ton Peavert loaded with leather and almonds.

Cheers! Rama (talk) 16:02, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. The info from Gallois was particularly interesting. Unfortunately, Peavert is probably a misspelling; it just doesn't sound English. I couldn't find any reasonable approximation in Lloyd's Register. Regards, Acad Ronin (talk) 18:45, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Bogdablock

Template:Bogdablock has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Beeblebrox (talk) 00:52, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Demerliac request 6 July 2023

Hi Rama, I was adding some info to Chaser (1786 ship) and noticed that in 1795 the French privateer Libertie captured her. (The Spanish recaptured Chaser and she returned to British ownership.) Does Demerliac have anything on Libertie? Regards, Acad Ronin (talk) 09:45, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

Weirdly enough, I do not have any privateer of the name active in 1795, although I expect that dozens were active each year from 1790 to 1800. Could she have been a small naval ship, corvette or brig?

Cheers! Rama (talk) 10:01, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]