Auguste (1811 privateer)
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For other ships with the same name, see Auguste (ship).
Auguste (or Augusta) was a French 14-gun privateer commissioned in Saint-Malo in November 1811 under Pierre Jean Marie Lepeltier (or Pelletier). She captured numerous British merchant vessels before the Royal Navy forced her in January 1814 to run onshore and wreck.
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Name | Auguste |
Owner | Robert Surcouf[1] |
Commissioned | November 1811 |
Fate | Wrecked January 1814 |
General characteristics | |
Complement | 83-95,[2] or 120 |
Armament | 10 × 4-pounder guns + 4 × 9-pounder carronades[2] or 16 guns |
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