Jean-Marie Dutertre (1768 in

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– 1811Gallois, p. 412), also called Jean Dutertre, was a French privateer. His ships included ''Modeste'', ''Heureux'', ''Passe-Partout'' and ''Malartic''.Gallois, p. 405

Career

In September 1796, Dutertre set out for a campaign on the 20-gun ''Modeste'', which had previously been captained by

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under the name ''Émilie''. apparently captured her near

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in March 1797.Demerliac, p. 308, no 2898Demerliac (p. 308, no 2898) states that ''Modeste'' was captured either by ''Fox'' in March 1797, or by in April 1798; it appears that ''Cleopatra'' was in the English channel at the time, when she captured a privateer named ''Émilie'' but unrelated to the present ship. Duterte commissioned the privateer ''Heureux'' at Île de France in July 1798. On 4 March 1799 ''Heureux'' captured ''Solimany'', off

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. On 19 March the

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recaptured ''Solimany'', Captain Hamed Pelley, master, of eight guns. ''Solimany'' had a prize crew of seven French men and a Swede on board. She was carrying a cargo of "sundry articles" and was on her way to Mauritius when ''Dublin'' recaptured her after a five-hour chase. Dutertre captained the 12-gun privateer ''Malartic'', with a 100 to 120-man crew. He was a friend and rival to

in the Indian Ocean, one of whose several captured British

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was carrying the theodolite that would be used to triangulate the Indies and then measure the height of

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– this was returned "with compliments, for science". His dispute over recruiting crews at Port Louis on

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– lured by a "better diet on board" – was settled by governor Malartic. In 1800, Dutertre's ''Malartic'' captured the former East Indiaman . He also captured the former East Indiaman ''Thomas'', and in the same cruise, the ships ''Surprise'', ''Joyce'', and ''Lord Hobart''.Gallois, p. 406 He later captured ''Governor North'', ''Marquis de Wellesley''Name probably translated from English and a brig, before returning to Mauritius, where he arrived with his prizes on 21 September 1800.Gallois, p. 407 Soon after, ''Malartic'' departed for another campaign, capturing the ships ''Frederic North'', ''Amboyna'', ''Alkias'', and ''Malava'', but was herself captured by the East Indiaman on 10 November 1800. James, William, (1837), ''The naval history of Great Britain...Volume 3'', Richard Bentley, London, pp. 386
p. 329
/ref> Dutertre was taken prisoner, and was eventually released under the

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in 1803. Dutertre eventually stopped commerce raiding and enlisted in the

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. He achieved the rank of

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and died in 1811 after the

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