French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Pièmontaise' (1804)

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La Pièmontaise
Nominal Guns	44	NNF-1800
Nationality	République Française
Operator	State Navy
Keel Laid Down	12.1802	NNF-1800
Launched	15.11.1804	NNF-1800
First Commissioned	4.1805	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
Category	Fifth Rate	NNF-1800
Ship Type	Frigate	NNF-1800
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1800
Captured	8.3.1808	BWAS-1793
Becomes	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Piedmontaise' (1808) (38) 1808-1813 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

15.11.1804Broadside Weight = 372 French Livre (401.4624 lbs 182.094 kg)NNF-1800
Upper Gun Deck28 French 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle4 French 36-Pounder Obusier
Quarterdeck/Forecastle12 French 8-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1795330Design Complement

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
bef.17.12.1805 - 8.3.1808Capitaine de VaisseauTRN5

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
11.1804 - 10.1805Enseigne de Vaisseau, in the First Equipageref:631

Service History

DateEventSource
17.12.1805Sailed from St Malo FWIKI
6.1806Took the East Indiaman FWIKI
24.9.1806Took the East Indiaman IORMAR
6.3.1808Taking of the Piemontaise
8.3.1808Taken by off Ceylon

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

IORMAR Archive

NNF-1792Alain Demerliac, Book

NNF-1800Alain Demerliac, Book

TRN5William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

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