French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Renommée' (1808)

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La Renommée
Nominal Guns	44	NNF-1800
Nationality	Empire Français
Operator	State Navy
Keel Laid Down	11.1805	NNF-1800
Launched	21.8.1808	NNF-1800
First Commissioned	3.1809	NNF-1800
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1800
Shipyard	Basse-Indre - Nantes	NNF-1800
Ship Class	Pallas Class (1805)	NNF-1800
Designed by	Jacques-Noël SanéFrench Naval Sailor Designer Ship Builder Administrator Service 1758-1836	NNF-1800
Category	Fifth Rate	NNF-1800
National Rate	Troisième Rang	NNF-1800
Ship Type	Frigate	NNF-1800
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1800
Captured	20.5.1811	NNF-1800
Becomes	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Java' (1811) (38) 1811-1812 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1800
Length of Gundeck46.93Meters153′ 11″ Imperial
Length of Keel42.41Meters139′ 1″ Imperial
Breadth11.91Meters39′ 0″ Imperial
Depth in Hold6.20Meters20′ 4″ Imperial
Burthen790Ton

Armament

1808Broadside Weight = 428 French Livre (461.8976 lbs 209.506 kg)NNF-1800
Upper Gun Deck28 French 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle8 French 36-Pounder Carronade
Quarterdeck/Forecastle8 French 8-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1805344Design Complement

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
12.1809 - 20.5.1811Chef de Division†TRN5

Service History

DateEventSource
13.12.1809Actions of December 1809
13.12.1809Took the Frigate in mid-Atlantic
20.5.1811Action off Madagascar

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1800Alain Demerliac, Book

TRN5William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

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