Duguay-Trouin (French privateer)
For other ships of the same name, see French ship Duguay-Trouin and HMS Duguay-Trouin.
During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, many French privateers and letters of marque bore the name Duguay-Trouin, named for René Duguay-Trouin: René Trouin, Sieur du Gué (10 June 1673 -- 1736), French privateer, admiral and Commander in the Order of Saint Louis. Between 1760 and 1810, warships of the Royal Navy captured seven different French privateers all with the name Duguay-Trouin.
In British records the name is sometimes given as Du Guay Trouin, Dugai Trouin or Drigai Trouin.
- Privateer Du Guay Trouin captured by Tweed on 30 December 1760.[1]
- HMS Duguay-Trouin. This was an 18-gun French privateer sloop that Surprise captured in 1780; this Duguay-Trouin was sold on 30 October 1783.
- Privateer Duguay-Trouin of 22 guns that Doris captured on 15 July 1797.[2]
- Privateer Duguay-Trouin of 24 guns and 150 men that Shannon captured on 2 February 1798.[3] She had been built in 1783 and was former slave trader Baron Bender. She was a large (500 tons burthen) ship with a crew of 156 men.[4] Two Saint Malo merchants had fitted her out and on her first cruise in 1793 under Captain Dufresne Le Gué, she captured two merchant vessels, the Bonne Espérence and the 520 ton (bm) Albermarle of London. These two vessels yielded livres 1,501,848 in prize money.[5] On her second cruise, in the winter of 1797, she was under the command of Captain Nicholas Legué and had a crew of 172 men.[6]
- HMS Duguay-Trouin. This Duguay Trouin may have been the schooner that Ferret and Hussar captured on 30 March 1809.[7] This letter of marque was commissioned in April to carry eight guns. She then served in Sir John Borlase Warren's squadron.[8]
- Privateer Duguay-Trouin of 14 guns, which Narcissus captured on 19 January 1810.[9][10] She was out of Brest and had a burthen of 163 tons (bm).[11]
- Privateer Du Guay Trouin, of 10 guns and 116 men, that HMS Unite captured on 19 May 1810.[12]
Citations and references
- Citations
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 100663. p. 7. 30 December 1760.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 14033. p. 732. 1 August 1797.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 14090. pp. 130–131. 10 February 1798.
- ↑ Crowhurst (1989), p.60.
- ↑ Crowhurst (1989), p.89.
- ↑ Crowhurst (1989), p.96.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 16479. p. 762. 23 April 1811.
- ↑ Gwyn (2003), p.175, fn. 124.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 16342. pp. 234–235. 13 February 1810.
- ↑ Naval Chronicle, Vol. 23, p.337.
- ↑ Crowhurst (1989), p.69.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 16392. p. 1138. 31 July 1810.
- References
- Crowhurst, Patrick (1989) The French War on Trade: Privateering 1793-1815. (Scholar Press). ISBN 0-85967-804-0
- Gwyn, Julian (2003) Frigates and foremasts:the North American Squadron in Nova Scotia waters, 1745-1815. (UBC Press).ISBN 9780774809115