Denis ParaskevatosMaster Craftsman

No. XII

Le Renard

1:50 · French privateer cutter, 1812

Le Renard: Full view
Full view
Le Renard: Full view
Full view
Le Renard: Full view
Full view
Le Renard: Deck and sails
Deck and sails
Le Renard: Deck and sails
Deck and sails
Le Renard: Deck and sails
Deck and sails
Le Renard: Deck and sails
Deck and sails
Le Renard: Deck and sails
Deck and sails
Le Renard: Full view
Full view
Le Renard: With the Greek galliot
With the Greek galliot
Le Renard: With the Greek galliot
With the Greek galliot
Le Renard: With the Greek galliot
With the Greek galliot
Le Renard: With the Greek galliot
With the Greek galliot
Le Renard: With the Greek galliot
With the Greek galliot
Le Renard: With HMS Endeavour
With HMS Endeavour

Le Renard was a single-masted French privateer cutter, about 30 m long and 6 m wide, launched in 1812. On 9 September 1812 she fought the British schooner HMS Alphea. Her shot struck Alphea’s powder magazine, and the British ship blew up.

She belonged to Robert Surcouf, a French privateer and slave trader. Surcouf raided shipping in the Indian Ocean between 1789 and 1801, and again in 1807–1808, capturing more than forty vessels. He grew very rich from the sale of their cargoes and from trade, and was awarded the Legion of Honour.

Cutters built to the same design were also used during the Greek Revolution of 1821–1830.

About the model

Denis’s Le Renard carries a large gaff mainsail, a square topsail and several headsails, and flies the French tricolour. It is displayed beside his Greek galliot.