Comte de Maurepas was a common name for French vessels in the 18th Century. The name comes from that of the French statesman Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas. * In 1739, pirates seized the Comte de Maurepas off Cape St Antoine, Cuba. * HMS Rippon's Prize captured the French ship Conte de Maurepas on 5 May 1745. * HMS Harwich captured the Maria Louisa Magdalena, Messagere, and Comte de Maurepas at some point in 1757 or shortly before. She shared the prize money, by agreement, with HMS Torbay and HMS Rochester. * In 1757-58 there was a Comte de Maurepas, a snow of 16 guns, which had been highly successful as a privateer. In 1757 she had taken 15 vessels in the North Sea, and three off the Norwegian coast. The 15 vessels she had ransomed for 3920 guineas. Then in 1759, she and