Jean Bart (1807 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Jean Bart.
Jean Bart boarding Eagle on 9 February 1810
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameJean Bart
NamesakeJean Bart
BuilderMarseille
Launched1807
Captured23 February 1812, by HMS Blossom
General characteristics
Typeschooner (of balaou, a type of schooner)[1]
Tons burthen108 tons[1]
PropulsionSail
Sail plan2-masted schooner[1]
Crew12 officers, 103 men[1]
Armament
  • Pierced for 6 guns[1]
    • one 10-pounder chaser at the bow
    • 2 × 6-pounder guns
    • 4 × 12-pounder carronades

Jean Bart was a French privateer launched in Marseille in 1807,[1] and commissioned as a privateer by the Daumas brothers.[2] She was the first privateer captained by Jean-Joseph Roux.

She is depicted in two watercolours by Antoine Roux the Elder, dated 1810 and 1811.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Demerliac, 1800-1815, n°2492, p.301
  2. ^ Guerre et Commerce en Méditerranée, p.325