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Fama

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Nominal Guns18BWAS-1793
NationalityDenmark
OperatorDano-Norwegian navy
Launched1802BWAS-1793
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1793
ShipyardCopenhagen - Zealand BWAS-1793
Designed by
Frantz Christopher Henrich HohlenbergDanish
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1765-1804
BWAS-1793
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1793
Ship TypeSloopBWAS-1793
Sailing RigBrigBWAS-1793
Captured11.8.1808BWAS-1793
Becomes
British sloop 'Fama' (1808) (18) 1808-1808
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck82' 10"Danish Fod (Feet)25.7562 (79′ 6″ Imperial)
Breadth21' 6"Danish Fod (Feet)6.7532 (20′ 10″ Imperial)
Draught Forward8' 2"Danish Fod (Feet)2.5652 (7′ 11″ Imperial)
Draught Aft10' 6"Danish Fod (Feet)3.2981 (10′ 2″ Imperial)

Service History


DateEventSource
11.8.1808Taken by
Edgar (74) 1779-1835
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1814 Renamed "Retribution"


 
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