French Fifth Rate frigate 'L'Aigrette' (1756)

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L'Aigrette
Nominal Guns	30	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	9.1755	NNF-1715
Acquired	3.1756	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	7.1756	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Le Havre - Normandy	NNF-1715
Ship Class	Blonde Class (1755)	NNF-1715
Designed by	Jean-Joseph GinouxFrench Ship Builder	NNF-1715
Constructor	Jean-Joseph GinouxFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1751-1781	NNF-1715
Category	Fifth Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Quatrième Rang	NNF-1715
Ship Type	Frigate	NNF-1715
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1715
Condemned	10.1789	NNF-1715

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck127'French Feet (Pied du Roi)41.2566 (135′ 4″ Imperial)
Length of Keel113'French Feet (Pied du Roi)36.7086 (120′ 5″ Imperial)
Breadth32'French Feet (Pied du Roi)10.4207 (34′ 2″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold16'French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.2239 (17′ 1″ Imperial)
Burthen480Ton

Armament

7.1756Broadside Weight = 116 French Livre (125.1872 lbs 56.782 kg)NNF-1715
Upper Gun Deck26 French 8-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle6 French 4-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
7.17562629 officers, 253 menNNF-1715

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1759Capitaine de FrégateFWIKI1779 - bef.3.1779Lieutenant de VaisseauFWIKI1781 - 11.9.1781Capitaine de Frégateref:63113.10.1787 - 30.5.1789Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:631

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
10.5.1787 - 12.10.1787Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:631

2 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1775Enseigne de Vaisseauref:6731780Enseigne de Vaisseau rank and year ? , Officier du Détail sous Fleuriotref:631

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
1776 - 1777Volontaire de la MarineFWIKI

1 Passenger

DatesRankNameSource
2.1782 - 1782Capitaine de VaisseauFWIKI

Service History

DateEventSource
20.11.1759Battle of Quiberon Bay
10.1.1761Seahorse vs Aigrette
1775

Campaign to Morroco .

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18.3.1779Aigrette vs Arethusa
29.4.1781Battle of Fort Royal
30.8.1781Took the Sloop off Cape HenryBWAS-1714
11.9.1781Capture of HMS Iris and HMS Richmond
11.9.1781Took the Frigate in the ChesapeakeE-WIKI
11.9.1781Took the Frigate in the Chesapeake
2.1782

Charged by the Count of Grasse to go to France to report on army operations , the Chevalier de Marigny left the Ardent , and took passage on the frigate L'Aigrette.

FWIKI
31.3.1788

At Port-au-Prince .

Station at Iles des Sous-le-Vent , Port-au-Prince

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Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
4.1781-1781	Division Le Saige	Jacques-Aime Le Saige (Chevalier de la Villebrune)French Naval Sailor Service 1780-1781

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:631 Web Site

ref:673 Web Site

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