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The Saint-Malo shipwrecks
The Saint-Malo shipwrecks
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    • The bay of Saint-Malo
    • An underwater graveyard
      • Saint-Malo circa 1700
      • Homes of the wealthy
    • The Natière site
      • The Dauphine and the Aimable Grenot
      • The Dauphine, a royal 300-tonne frigate
      • The Aimable Grenot, a 400-tonne frigate from Granville
    • Shipbuilding
      • The structure of the Dauphine
      • Hull shape
      • Tonnage and deadweight tonnage
      • Keel and keelson
      • Framework
      • Inner planking
      • Cannon ports
      • Rowing ports
      • The shot-locker and pump-well
      • Ballast
      • The forecastle
      • The structure of the Aimable Grenot
      • The wood of the Aimable
      • Deck beams
      • Lower deck ports
      • The figurehead of the Aimable Grenot
      • Ballast
      • Rigging for the two ships
      • A forest of ropes
      • Shrouds
      • Blocks
      • Smaller rigging elements
    • The shipwright
    • Theory and practice
    • Life aboard ship
      • "The devil to pay, and no pitch hot!"
        • The crew
        • Tight quarters
      • Light and heat aboard ship
      • The roar of the cannons
      • The gunner's scale from the Dauphine
      • Serving the cannons
      • Small arms aboard the two ships
      • The ship's tools
      • Smaller on-board tasks
      • François Roger's implements?
      • Navigation and time
      • The ship's bell
      • Calculating latitude
      • Meals
      • Pork tongues aboard the Dauphine
      • Measuring rations
      • A barrel of beef
      • Cod in a colander !
      • Wine in bottles
      • Rest and leisures
      • Pipes and tobacco
    • Faith and religion
      • Illness and death
      • Treating the sick
      • Mortar and clyster
      • Apothecary jars
    • Trade and navigation
    • The Atlantic coast
      • Trade circuits
      • People and ships
      • Textiles and sails
      • The port's ability to adapt
      • Commerce raiding
      • Commerce raiding: a timeline
      • Famous ship-owners and captains
      • Commerce raiding as a substitute activity
      • Commerce raiding and social climbing
      • Michel Dubocage, captain of the Dauphine
      • The voyage of the Découverte
      • Hugon des Prey, captain of the Aimable Grenot
      • The confrontation of 9 April 1748
      • The crew
      • Long-haul navigation
      • Two maritime routes
      • The logbook of the Découverte
      • Dubocage's social success
    • Archaeological research
    • A source of fascination
      • Excavation methods and techniques
      • Gridding the site
      • Excavation techniques
      • Removal techniques
      • Initial preservation techniques aboard ship
      • Land-based processes
      • Inventory of the objects
      • Photographing and drawing objects
      • Additional studies
      • X-ray examination and casts
      • Conservation and restoration
      • The on-site conservation lab
      • Treatment in specialised laboratories
      • In situ conservation of vestiges
      • Other vestiges
      • Identifying the shipwrecks
      • A long journey into the archives
      • The wrecks and the general public
      • The future of the Natière archaeological collection
      • The future of the site
    • Archaeologist team and partners
    • The return of the DRASSM to France's western coastline
      • Adramar
      • The Hermine-Bretagne
      • Specifications of the Hermine-Bretagne
      • The excavation team
      • The excavation's partners
      • Financial partners
      • External support
      • Mapping the site
      • Sweeping the site with side-scan sonar
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The Saint-Malo shipwrecks

In 1995, the wrecks of two corsairs were discovered near Saint-Malo, sunken at the base of the Natière reef. Ten years of underwater archaeological exploration have raised the curtain on a forgotten chapter of commerce raiding. La Dauphine had been built at the royal shipyards at Le Havre in 1703. The second frégate, l'Aimable Grenot, was built at Granville by a private shipowner, Léonor Couraye du Parc.

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  • Home
  • The bay of Saint-Malo
    • An underwater graveyard
    • Saint-Malo circa 1700
      • Homes of the wealthy
    • The Natière site
    • The Dauphine and the Aimable Grenot
      • The Dauphine, a royal 300-tonne frigate
      • The Aimable Grenot, a 400-tonne frigate from Granville
  • Shipbuilding
    • The structure of the Dauphine
      • Hull shape
      • Tonnage and deadweight tonnage
      • Keel and keelson
      • Framework
      • Inner planking
      • Cannon ports
      • Rowing ports
      • The shot-locker and pump-well
      • Ballast
      • The forecastle
    • The structure of the Aimable Grenot
      • The wood of the Aimable
      • Deck beams
      • Lower deck ports
      • The figurehead of the Aimable Grenot
      • Ballast
    • Rigging for the two ships
      • A forest of ropes
      • Shrouds
      • Blocks
      • Smaller rigging elements
    • The shipwright
    • Theory and practice
  • Life aboard ship
    • "The devil to pay, and no pitch hot!"
      • The crew
        • Tight quarters
      • Light and heat aboard ship
    • The roar of the cannons
      • The gunner's scale from the Dauphine
      • Serving the cannons
      • Small arms aboard the two ships
    • The ship's tools
      • Smaller on-board tasks
      • François Roger's implements?
    • Navigation and time
      • The ship's bell
      • Calculating latitude
    • Meals
      • Pork tongues aboard the Dauphine
      • Measuring rations
      • A barrel of beef
      • Cod in a colander !
      • Wine in bottles
    • Rest and leisures
      • Pipes and tobacco
    • Faith and religion
    • Illness and death
      • Treating the sick
      • Mortar and clyster
      • Apothecary jars
  • Trade and navigation
    • The Atlantic coast
    • Trade circuits
      • People and ships
      • Textiles and sails
      • The port's ability to adapt
    • Commerce raiding
      • Commerce raiding: a timeline
      • Famous ship-owners and captains
      • Commerce raiding as a substitute activity
      • Commerce raiding and social climbing
    • Michel Dubocage, captain of the Dauphine
      • The voyage of the Découverte
    • Hugon des Prey, captain of the Aimable Grenot
      • The confrontation of 9 April 1748
      • The crew
    • Long-haul navigation
      • Two maritime routes
      • The logbook of the Découverte
      • Dubocage's social success
  • Archaeological research
    • A source of fascination
    • Excavation methods and techniques
      • Gridding the site
      • Excavation techniques
      • Removal techniques
      • Initial preservation techniques aboard ship
    • Land-based processes
      • Inventory of the objects
      • Photographing and drawing objects
      • Additional studies
      • X-ray examination and casts
    • Conservation and restoration
      • The on-site conservation lab
      • Treatment in specialised laboratories
      • In situ conservation of vestiges
      • Other vestiges
    • Identifying the shipwrecks
      • A long journey into the archives
    • The wrecks and the general public
      • The future of the Natière archaeological collection
      • The future of the site
  • Archaeologist team and partners
    • The return of the DRASSM to France's western coastline
    • Adramar
      • The Hermine-Bretagne
      • Specifications of the Hermine-Bretagne
      • The excavation team
    • The excavation's partners
      • Financial partners
      • External support
      • Mapping the site
      • Sweeping the site with side-scan sonar
  • Medias
The bay of Saint-Malo
  • An underwater graveyard
  • Saint-Malo circa 1700
  • The Natière site
  • The Dauphine and the Aimable Grenot
Shipbuilding
  • The structure of the Dauphine
  • The structure of the Aimable Grenot
  • Rigging for the two ships
  • The shipwright
  • Theory and practice
Life aboard ship
  • The crew
  • Light and heat aboard ship
  • The roar of the cannons
  • The ship's tools
  • Navigation and time
  • Meals
  • Rest and leisures
  • Faith and religion
  • Illness and death
Trade and navigation
  • The Atlantic coast
  • Trade circuits
  • Commerce raiding
  • Michel Dubocage, captain of the Dauphine
  • Hugon des Prey, captain of the Aimable Grenot
  • Long-haul navigation
Archaeological research
  • A source of fascination
  • Excavation methods and techniques
  • Land-based processes
  • Conservation and restoration
  • Identifying the shipwrecks
  • The wrecks and the general public
Archaeologists team and partners
  • The return of the DRASSM to France's western coastline
  • Adramar
  • The excavation's partners
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