British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates by Rif Winfield

Author:Rif Winfield
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HISTORY / Military / Naval
ISBN: 9781783469260
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Published: 2008-07-13T16:00:00+00:00

The pattern for single-ship actions was set very early in the war with the capture by the Nymphe of La Cléopâtre in a battle of near-equals in June 1793. Later such exploits would become commonplace, but as the first significant victory of the war, Nymphe’s captain, Edward Pellew, received a knighthood.

Ex FRENCH Prizes (1779-1783). Six of the French 12pdr frigates taken in the American War remained on the List at the start of 1793; Nymphe and Magicienne were in commission, Aimable and Concorde were in Ordinary, and Prudente and Belle Poule were reduced to harbour service and saw no further active service. The smaller Brune was sold in 10.1792.

Prudente (French La Prudente, built 8.1777 – 7.1778 at St Malo. L: 3.1778. One of nine Iphigénie Class ships built to a Léon-Michel Guignace design -see below in 1793-1801 section for others), 36 guns.

Dimensions & tons: 140ft 6½in x 118ft 81/8in x 37ft 11½in x 11ft 8in. 90952/94 bm.

Men: 255 (from 1780). Guns: UD 26 x 12pdrs; QD 10 x 6pdrs; Fc 2 x 12pdrs + 6 x 18pdr carronades.

Taken 2.6.1779 by Ruby and Eolus on the Jamaica station; registered 22.9.1779.

Fitted and coppered at Woolwich (for £10,746.16.9d) 14.11.1779 – 18.4.1780.

Commissioned: 3.1780 under Capt. William Waldegrave; paid off 11.1782 after wartime service. Fitted at Portsmouth (for £3,089) 5 - 7.1790; recommissioned 5.1790 under Capt. Henry Trollope, for the Spanish Armament. Fitted as a receiving ship at Portsmouth 4.1796. Sold at Portsmouth 3.1.1803.

Belle Poule (French La Belle Poule, built 3.1765 – 1.1767 at Bordeaux. L: 18.11.1766. Léon Guignace design), 36 guns.

Dimensions & tons: 140ft 0½in, 118ft 71/8in x 37ft 10in x 11ft 11in. 90282/94 bm.

Men: 254. Guns: UD 26 x 12pdrs; QD 8 x 6pdrs; Fc 2 x 6pdrs.

Taken 14.7.1780 by Nonsuch off the coast of France.

Fitted and coppered at Portsmouth (for £11,005.11.2d) 16.8.1780 – 2.4.1781.

Commissioned: 2.1781 under Capt. Philip Patton. Laid up at Chatham 11.1782 after wartime service. Fitted at Chatham as a receiving ship 4 – 7.1796, for Sheerness. Sold to Mr. Bailey for £840 at Sheerness 14.9.1801.

Nymphe (French La Nymphe, 32 guns, built 4 – 11.1777 at Brest. L: 18.8.1777. Lead ship of a class of three built to a Pierre-Augustin Lamothe design), 36 guns.

Dimensions & tons: 141ft 5½in, 120ft 4½in x 38ft 3¼in x 11ft 9in. 93772/94 bm.

Men: 255. Guns: UD 26 x 12pdrs; QD 8 x 6pdrs (later 12 x 32pdr carronades); Fc 2 x 6pdrs (later 2 x 9pdrs + 2 x 32pdr carronades).

Taken 10.8.1780 by Flora off Ushant.

Fitted at Portsmouth (for £9,657.10.7d) 26.8.1780 – 27.3.1781; had been already coppered when taken.

Commissioned: 11.1780 under Capt. John Ford. Arrived Portsmouth 5.1783, paid off 6.1783 after wartime service and laid up. Between Small and Middling Repair at Portsmouth (for £9,704) 3.1786 – 1.1787. Recommissioned 10.1787 under Capt. Albemarle Bertie, but paid off 12.1787. Fitted for sea at Portsmouth (for £2,004) 5 – 6.1790; recommissioned 5.1790 under Capt. George Campbell. Refitted, fitted for sea at Plymouth (for £6,308) 1 – 7.1793; recommissioned 1.1793 under Capt. Edward Pellew; took (with Venus) 16-gun Le Sans-Culotte 24.

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