French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Bellone' (1808)

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La Bellone
Nominal Guns	44	NNF-1800
Nationality	Empire Français
Operator	State Navy
Keel Laid Down	5.1803	NNF-1800
Launched	2.1808	NNF-1800
First Commissioned	7.1808	NNF-1800
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1800
Shipyard	Saint-Servan - St Malo - Brittany	NNF-1800
Ship Class	Consolante Class (1795)	NNF-1800
Designed by	François Timothée Benjamin PestelFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1793-1821	NNF-1800
Constructor	Jean Jacques DenaixFrench Naval Sailor Ship Builder Service 1794-1816	NNF-1800
Category	Fifth Rate	NNF-1800
Ship Type	Frigate	NNF-1800
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1800
Captured	6.12.1810	NNF-1800
Becomes	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Junon' (1810) (38) 1810-1817 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1792
Length of Gundeck47.75Meters156′ 7″ Imperial
Length of Keel42.55Meters139′ 7″ Imperial
Breadth12.18Meters39′ 11″ Imperial
Depth in Hold6.17Meters20′ 2″ Imperial
Burthen1,400Ton

Armament

7.1808Broadside 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
1795330Design Complement

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1810 - 6.12.1810Capitaine de VaisseauFWIKI

Service History

DateEventSource
2.11.1809Took the Sloop in the East Indies
3.7.1810Action of 1810-07-03
23.8.1810Battle of Mauritius
29.11.1810Capture of Mauritius
6.12.1810Taken by the British at the Fall of Mauritius

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1792Alain Demerliac, Book

NNF-1800Alain Demerliac, Book

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