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Le Pylade

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Nominal Guns16BWAS-1793
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorState Navy
Orderedaft.31.3.1804BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down8.1804BWAS-1793
Launched17.4.1805BWAS-1793
First Commissioned11.1805BWAS-1793
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1793
ShipyardLe Havre - Normandy BWAS-1793
Designed by
Jean-François ChaumontFrench
Naval Sailor
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1793-1835
BWAS-1793
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1793
Ship TypeBrig-CorvetteBWAS-1793
Captured20.10.1808BWAS-1793
Becomes
British sloop 'Vimiera' (1808) (16) 1808-1814
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck91' 0"Imperial Feet27.7368 
Length of Keel73' 0"Imperial Feet22.2504 
Breadth28' 0"Imperial Feet8.5344 
Depth in Hold6' 10"Imperial Feet1.8288 
Burthen304 4094Tons BM 

Service History


DateEventSource
20.10.1808Taken by
Pompee (80) 1793-1817
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
off Martinique



Notes on Ship


Planref:673

« Brig portant 16 canons de 6 en batterie ». Le Pilade. Signé Chaumont, s.ing., Le Havre, le 10 germinal an 12 (31 mars 1804). Vu par Forfait, conseiller d’état. Vu, examiné et bon à être exécuté, signé Sané, insp. gén. Vu et app. par Decrès, ministre de la Marine.
Éch. Pl. de constr. : pl. vertical, d’élévation et horizontal.
Emménagements. Encre noire, bleue et rouge. Dim. 1,34 x 0,50



 
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