French Fifth Rate frigate 'L'Éveillé' (1685)

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Wellesley (Unknown) 1801-1804
British Unknown Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
(1801)
Nassau (64) 1785-1799
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1785)
Impregnable (98) 1786-1799
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
(1786)
Redbridge (14) 1798-1803
British 14 Gun
Unrated Schooner
(1798)
Brunswick (Unknown) 1792-1805
British Unknown Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
(1792)
Snake (18) 1797-1816
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
(1797)
Melpomene (38) 1794-1815
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1794)
Raisonable (64) 1768-1815
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1768)
Ambuscade (32) 1773-1798
British 32 Gun
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(1773)
Robert BaylisBritish
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Service 1790-1795
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L'Éveillé
Nominal Guns	30	BWAS-1603
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Acquired	1685	BWAS-1603
Shipyard	Brest - Brittany	BWAS-1603
Designed by	Etienne Hubac (Sieur de Kervalennec)French Designer Ship Builder Service 1668-1724	BWAS-1603
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1603
National Rate	Quatrième Rang	BWAS-1603
Ship Type	Frigate (Frégate Légère)	BWAS-1603
Captured	25.7.1689	BWAS-1603
Becomes	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Lively Prize' (1689) (30) 1689-1689 British 30 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel78' 4"Imperial Feet23.7871
Breadth27' 3"Imperial Feet8.2405
Depth in Hold11' 0"Imperial Feet3.3528
Burthen309 ³⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

Service History

DateEventSource
25.7.1689Taken by Lively,Mordaunt and Foresight off the Isles of ScillyBWAS-1603

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IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

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