French Fifth Rate frigate 'L'Inconstante' (1790)

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L'Inconstante
Nominal Guns	32	NNF-1774
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	State Navy
Keel Laid Down	1.1789	NNF-1774
Launched	8.9.1790	NNF-1774
First Commissioned	2.1791	NNF-1774
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1774
Shipyard	Rochefort - Aunis	NNF-1774
Ship Class	Charmante Class (1777)	NNF-1774
Designed by	Jacques Denis Chevillard le CadetFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1777-1778	NNF-1774
Category	Fifth Rate	NNF-1774
National Rate	Quatrième Rang	NNF-1774
Ship Type	Frigate	NNF-1774
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1774
Captured	29.10.1793	BWAS-1793
Becomes	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Convert' (1793) (32) 1793-1794 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Length of Gundeck136' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)44.1728 (144′ 11″ Imperial)
Breadth34' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)11.0838 (36′ 4″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold17' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.5448 (18′ 2″ Imperial)
Burthen535Ton

Armament

1790Broadside Weight = 174 French Livre (187.7808 lbs 85.173 kg)NNF-1774
Upper Gun Deck26 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 French 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1777280Design Complement

Service History

DateEventSource
29.10.1793Taken by off San Domingo
29.10.1793Taken by off San Domingo
25.11.1793Taken by
25.11.1793Taken by

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

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Posted by Tim Oakley on Thursday 2nd of August 2012 08:04

Taken off San Domingo, West Indies

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