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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 on 30 December 1760. *. This was an 18-gun French privateer sloop that captured in 1780; this ''Duguay-Trouin'' was sold on 30 October 1783. *Privateer ''Duguay-Trouin'' of 22 guns that captured on 15 July 1797. *Privateer ''Duguay-Trouin'' of 24 guns and 150 men that captured on 2 February 1798. 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.〔Crowhurst (1989), p.60.〕 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.〔Crowhurst (1989), p.89.〕 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.〔Crowhurst (1989), p.96.〕 *. This ''Duguay Trouin'' may have been the schooner that and captured on 30 March 1809. This letter of marque was commissioned in April to carry eight guns. She then served in Sir John Borlase Warren's squadron.〔Gwyn (2003), p.175, fn. 124.〕 *Privateer ''Duguay-Trouin'' of 14 guns, which captured on 19 January 1810.〔''Naval Chronicle'', Vol. 23, p.337.〕 She was out of Brest and had a burthen of 163 tons (bm).〔Crowhurst (1989), p.69.〕 *Privateer ''Du Guay Trouin'', of 10 guns and 116 men, that HMS ''Unite'' captured on 19 May 1810. ==Citations and references== ;Citations ;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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Duguay-Trouin (French privateer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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