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French ship Écluse (1764)

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with 188 slaves, 73 men, 65 women, 22 boys and 28 girls, on 13 July. She arrived back at Nantes on 14 October. She had left France with 48 men (some records say 75). Six men left at Gorée, but seven joined. She lost five men on her voyage: one man drowned on the way to Africa, three died while she
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as part of a small French squadron carrying troops to land at St Ouen's Bay on Jersey. They arrived off shore on 1 May. The British moved guns and troops and guns to oppose the landing. The French armed vessels were unable to get close enough to shore to provide supporting fire so the troop
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on 13 May and immediately encountered a British naval relief squadron that belatedly come up. The British succeeded in chasing the French into
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in enslaved persons. She then returned to naval service. In May 1779 she participated in the unsuccessful
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was on the coast, one of whom was killed by locals while embarking slaves, and one at Saint-Domingue.
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on 20 December. She sailed from there on 24 May 1771 with 160 slaves, and then acquired more on the
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transports did not attempt to land their troops. The French sailed away. The French sailed from
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Overall: 112 ft (34.1 m), or 118 ft (36.0 m), or 38.3 m (126 ft)
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French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates
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On 25 February 1779 she sailed from Brest to Rochefort with a cargo of cannons.
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to private parties for a slave-trading voyage. Captain David Eyriès sailed from
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was decommissioned at Rochfort in May 1788 and subsequently condemned.
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On 24 May 1765 she became a water carrier ("cucurbite" (Fr: flask)).
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13 ft 3 in (4.0 m), or 4.3 m (14 ft)
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25 ft (7.6 m), or 8.1 m (27 ft)
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Index

French Royal Navy Ensign
French Navy
slave ship
triangular trade
invasion of Jersey
Brest
Gorée
Gold Coast
Port-au-Prince
Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo
Cancale Bay
Danae
brig
cutter
Action of 13 May 1779





Roche (2005)



Winfield & Roberts (2015)
Mettas (1984)
Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Ecluse voyage #31835.
Troude (1867)
ISBN

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