French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Poursuivante' (1796)

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La Poursuivante
Nominal Guns	40	E-WIKI
Nationality	République Française
Operator	State Navy
Launched	24.5.1796	E-WIKI
First Commissioned	4.1798	E-WIKI
How acquired	Purpose built	E-WIKI
Shipyard	Dunkerque - Flanders	E-WIKI
Ship Class	Romaine Class (1794)	E-WIKI
Designed by	Pierre-Alexander ForfaitFrench Designer Ship Builder Administrator Service 1773-1806	E-WIKI
Category	Fifth Rate	E-WIKI
Ship Type	Frigate	E-WIKI
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	E-WIKI
Condemned	1805	E-WIKI

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentFWIKI
Length of Gundeck149' 3"French Feet (Pied du Roi)48.3969 (158′ 9″ Imperial)
Breadth38' 9"French Feet (Pied du Roi)12.3729 (40′ 7″ Imperial)

Armament

24.5.1796Broadside Weight = 408 French Livre (440.3136 lbs 199.716 kg)FWIKI
Gun Deck24 French 24-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle4 French 36-Pounder Carronade
Quarterdeck/Forecastle12 French 8-Pounder

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1800Capitaine de VaisseauE-WIKI1801 - 1802Capitaine de Frégate, resigned in An X E-WIKI

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1800Contre-AmiralE-WIKI

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1800Lieutenant de FrégateFWIKI

Service History

DateEventSource
7.7.1800Attack on Dunkirk
1806

Made a breakwater in 1806 or 1807

E-WIKI

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

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