British Fifth Rate frigate 'Resolue' (1798)

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Resolue
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Résolue' (1778) (32) 1778-1798 French 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Captured	13.10.1798	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	St Malo - Brittany	NNF-1715
Ship Class	Iphigenie Class (1777)	NNF-1715
Designed by	Leon-Michel GuignaceFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1751-1802	NNF-1715
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	10.8.1811	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck140' 2"Imperial Feet42.6733
Length of Keel116' 3"Imperial Feet35.3616
Breadth37' 8"Imperial Feet11.3066
Depth in Hold11' 9 ½"Imperial Feet3.3655
Burthen877 ²⁸⁄₉₄Imperial Feet0.0076

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
180054As a receiving shipDANFS

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
25.2.1806 - 1.1807LieutenantNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
13.10.1798Captured by Melampus off IrelandBWAS-1793
13.11.1798Arrived at Portsmouth and laid upBWAS-1793
10.8.1811Docked to break up at PortsmouthBWAS-1793

Notes on Ship

Never commissioned, was used as a receiving ship.

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

DANFSUnknown, Web Site

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

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