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The Voyage of the Hirondelle (1753)
12021-08-13T23:57:09-04:00Matt Robertshaw40e5b327fdb9634f3283f04eaa4ba38307a08ce41013Lorient - Portendick - Senegal and Gorée - Lorientplain2021-08-16T11:56:49-04:0002/04/1753 - 09/23/1753Matt Robertshaw40e5b327fdb9634f3283f04eaa4ba38307a08ce4The Hirondelle was a small French frigate owned by the French East India Company. It was built at Lorient in 1750-1751. It had 8 cannons, a crew of 39, and a cargo capacity of 150 tonnes. Under the command of Captain René le Gouardun, the Hirondelle travelled from Lorient to West Africa and back between March and September 1753.
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