French corvette 'L'Hebé' (1822)

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L'Hebé
Nominal Guns	28	ref:1122
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	State Navy
Keel Laid Down	26.10.1820	ref:1122
Launched	5.8.1822	ref:1122
How acquired	Purpose built	ref:1122
Shipyard	Le Havre - Normandy	ref:1122
Ship Class	Pomone Class (1820)	ref:1122
Category	Unrated	ref:1122
Ship Type	Corvette	ref:1122
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	ref:1122
Deleted from list	11.3.1835	ref:1122

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1122
Length of Gundeck38.98Meters127′ 10″ Imperial
Moulded Breadth9.84Meters32′ 3″ Imperial
Draught Aft5.17Meters16′ 11″ Imperial
Burthen750French Tonneaux735.229

Armament

5.8.1822Broadside Weight = 282 French Livre (304.3344 lbs 138.039 kg)ref:1122
Gun Deck20 French 24-Pounder Carronade
Spardeck6 French 12-Pound Carronade
Spardeck2 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
5.8.1822166and moreref:1122

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1829Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:631

Service History

DateEventSource
1829

Campaign to Terre Neuve

ref:631
aft.11.3.1835Refitted as a Unrated Barge cut down to a bargeref:1122

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1122Stephen S. Roberts, Web Site

ref:631 Web Site

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