French brig 'Le Pierre Cezar' (1805)

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Le Pierre Cezar
Nominal Guns	6	ref:692
Nationality	République Française
Operator	State Navy
Acquired	1805	BWAS-1793
Home Port	Martinique - France - Windward Islands	ref:692
Shipyard	Baltimore - Maryland	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	ref:692
Ship Type	Brig	ref:692
Captured	29.6.1808	BWAS-1793
Becomes	British gun-brig 'Tigress' (1808) (14) 1808-1818 British 14 Gun Unrated Gun-brig 1814 Renamed "Algerine"

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck92' 2"Imperial Feet28.067
Length of Keel72' 9 ¾"Imperial Feet21.9647
Breadth24' 4"Imperial Feet7.3406
Depth in Hold10' 9"Imperial Feet3.2766
Burthen229 ³¹⁄₉₄Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen157French Tonneaux154.682

Armament

1808Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck6 French Canons de Fonte

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1808 - 29.6.1808Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1805

Ex-Numa

ref:692
29.6.1808Taken by the British

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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