French Privateer frigate 'La Confiance' (1809)

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La Confiance
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Empire Français
Operator	Private Owners
Previously	French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Canonniere' (1803) (38) 1803-1809 French 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate 1803 Renamed "Canonniere"
Purchased	6.1809	NNF-1792
Shipyard	Toulon - Provence	NNF-1774
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Captured	3.2.1810	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Length of Gundeck149' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)48.3952 (158′ 9″ Imperial)
Length of Keel132' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)42.8736 (140′ 7″ Imperial)
Breadth37' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)12.0408 (39′ 6″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold19' 3"French Feet (Pied du Roi)6.1802 (20′ 3″ Imperial)
Burthen700Ton

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
6.1809 - 3.2.1810Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

2 Passengers

DatesRankNameSource
6.1809 - 3.2.1810Capitaine de VaisseauFWIKI6.1809 - 3.2.1810Lieutenant de VaisseauFWIKI

Service History

DateEventSource
3.2.1810Taken by off Belleisle

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

NNF-1792Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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