Auguste (1808 privateer)
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Name | Auguste |
Builder | Courau Frères, Bordeaux |
Commissioned | 1808 |
Fate | Captured 1811 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Displacement | 300 tons (French) |
Length | 33.1 m (108 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in) |
Sail plan | Ship |
Complement | 70 |
Armament | 18 × 8-pounder short guns |
Notes | Three-masted |
Auguste (or Augusta) was a privateer launched at Bordeaux in 1808. She made three cruises. For her first cruise she was under the command of a Captain Henry, with 70 men and eighteen 8-pounder guns. For her second cruise she was under a Captain La Case. Her third and last cruise took place from December 1810 until her capture on 6 April 1811. She was under the command of Juan Jamays, with 11 officers and 115 men.[1]
Capture: HMS Emerald captured Auguste on 6 April 1811,[2] and brought her into Cork.[3]
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b Demerliac (2003), p. 287, n°2303.
- ^ "No. 16548". The London Gazette. 3 December 1811. p. 2341.
- ^ Lloyd's List, №4554.
References
[edit]- Demerliac, Alain (2003). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 A 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.