British Sixth Rate frigate 'Poulette' (1793)

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Poulette
Nominal Guns	28	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Sixth Rate corvette 'La Poulette' (1781) (20) 1781-1793 French 20 Gun 6th Rate Corvette
Captured	18.12.1793	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Toulon - Provence	NNF-1774
Ship Class	Coquette Class (1779)	NNF-1774
Designed by	Joseph-Marie-Blaise CoulombFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1755-1789	NNF-1774
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Condemned	20.10.1796	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Length of Gundeck119' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)38.6512 (126′ 9″ Imperial)
Length of Keel106' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)34.4288 (112′ 11″ Imperial)
Breadth30' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)9.9064 (32′ 6″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold45' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)14.6485 (48′ 0″ Imperial)
Burthen480Ton

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1.7.1794 - 1796CommanderBWAS-17931796 - 20.10.1796CommanderBWAS-1793

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
1795Able SeamanADM 171/8

Service History

DateEventSource
14.3.1795Action off Genoa
20.10.1796Burnt as unservicable at AjaccioBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 171/8British Admiralty, Document

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

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