Le Coureur Model Ship Kit French Lugger – Mamoli (MV38)

The Le Coureur French Lugger 1776 Model Ship Kit is manufactured by Mamoli Model Ship Kits & Mamoli Model Boat Kits. Mamoli focus on historical accuracy and fidelity of scale. Mamoli wooden model ship kits offer a large variety of subject matter to please almost everyone. The materials used in their wooden model ship kits are always first class and the plans are highly detailed.

History of the Le Coureur French Lugger 1776

The LE COUREUR – French Lugger 1776 was a kind of ship used by the French pirates of the Revolution and of the Empire. It is a type of ship equipped as a bragozzo, with 3 masts, a very long bowsprit, several jibs, topsails and some foretopsails. It was built by the Denys de Dunkerque and launched in 1776. The career of this ship was short because it was captured by the English on 17th June 1778 during a battle, between the frigate La Belle Poule and the frigate Arethusa. The destiny of the ship after it was captured by the English is not widely known. Was it taken back by the French in 1782 as stated by some authors? Or was it captured by the Americans off Terranova in 1780?