French Ship Jean Bart - Privateers

Privateers

  • French 20-gun privateer Jean Bart, constructed at Le Havre in 1778 and launched in January 1779. That year she cruised under the command of François Cottin. In April 1779 he and the owners of Jean Bart submitted a claim for salvage for the Swedish vessel Mercure, which an English privateer had captured on her way from Saint Petersburg to Brest, and which Jean Bart had recaptured 48 hours later. That year Cottin and Jean Bart captured numerous prizes, including an English vessel of 200 tons (burthen) and 10 guns, after an engagement of an hour-and-a-half. HMS Delight captured her on 1 April off Dunmore after a fight of about three hours that left Delight with one man killed and two wounded. At the time of her capture Jean Bart had about 190 men on board. HMS Jupiter came up after and took Jean Bart into Plymouth.
  • French privateer Jean Bart captured on 9 March 1793 by the fireship Falcon.
  • French privateer corvette Jean Bart: This vessel, described as having 22 guns, participated in an inconclusive multi-ship action on 22 October 1794 with Diomede and Centurion, off Île de France.
  • On 15 April 1795, John Borlase Warren and his squadron chased the French privateer Jean Bart, of 26 guns and 187 men, off the Île de Ré. HMS Artois made the actual capture.
  • French privateer lugger Jean Bart, captured on 29 September 1797 by His Majesty's hired armed cutter Telemachus. Jean Bart was built at Dunkirk in 1780. Before Telemachus captured her, she captured the Fly, which was sold for 185,806 livres.
  • French privateer sloop Jean Bart, captured on 16 May 1798 by HMS Rover.
  • French privateer Jean Bart of 100 tons, three guns (one a 16-pounder) and four swivel guns, and a crew of 121 men. She made her first, and most profitable cruise, in May 1809. This cruise lasted for six months. Subsequent cruises were shorter, and none was as profitable. In all, she made four cruises during which she took a number of ships and earned for her shareholders a net profit of 366,408 francs. There is no record of what happened to her after the summer of 1811.
  • French privateer lugger Jean Bart. On the morning of 1 September 1809, HMS Nassau was escorting a convoy of East Indiamen in the English Channel when she sighted a strange sail. Nassau sent her boats in chase and after two hours they were able to capture the Jean Bart of Saint Malo. She was armed with four guns and had a crew of 25 men under the command of Louis Ollivier Pilvesse, Enseign de Vaisseau. She was five days out of the Île de Batz and had made no captures.
  • French privateer schooner Jean Bart, captured on 23 February 1812 by HMS Blossom.
  • French privateer Grand Jean Bart, of Saint Malo, captured on 29 February 1812 by HMS Semiramis. After a chase of six hours, Semiramis caught up with the privateer, which was under the command of M. Benjamin Dupont. She was of 220 tons burthen, was armed with 14 guns and had a crew of 106 men. She was on her second cruise and had out-sailed several British frigates before; this had induced an over-confidence in M. Dupont, who had permitted Semiramis to approach too near before trying to escape.

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