French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Nymphe' (1810)

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La Nymphe
Nominal Guns	44	NNF-1800
Nationality	Empire Français
Operator	State Navy
Keel Laid Down	7.1807	NNF-1800
Launched	1.5.1810	NNF-1800
First Commissioned	8.1810	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
Constructor	Mathurin CrucyFrench Ship Builder Service 1803-1809	NNF-1800
Category	Fifth Rate	NNF-1800
National Rate	Troisième Rang	NNF-1800
Ship Type	Frigate	NNF-1800
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1800
Broken Up	1873	NNF-1800

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

1810Broadside 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

Service History

DateEventSource
4.8.1811Chase off Java
22.12.1811Arrived in BrestTRN5
1855Refitted as a Other Vessels Hulk

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1800Alain Demerliac, Book

TRN5William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

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Sunday 14th of June 2026 04:20	Jon Miller	Henry WickhamBritish Naval Sailor Service 1685-1693
Sunday 14th of June 2026 04:14	Jon Miller	Thomas CamelfordBritish Naval Sailor Service 1797-1799
Sunday 14th of June 2026 04:12	Jon Miller	John Clarke SearleBritish Naval Sailor Service 1780-1811
Sunday 14th of June 2026 04:09	Jon Miller	British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 7' (1797) (14) 1797-1802 British 14 Gun Unrated Gunboat 1797 Renamed "Sparkler"
Sunday 14th of June 2026 04:08	Jon Miller	British gun-brig 'Swinger' (1794) (12) 1794-1802 British 12 Gun Unrated Gun-brig

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