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La Jacobin

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Nominal Guns24BWAS-1793
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorState Navy
Keel Laid Down8.1793BWAS-1793
Launched30.3.1794BWAS-1793
First Commissioned6.1794BWAS-1793
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1793
ShipyardBasse-Indre - Nantes BWAS-1793
CategorySixth RateBWAS-1793
Ship TypeFrigateBWAS-1793
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1793
Captured30.10.1794BWAS-1793
Becomes
British Sixth Rate frigate 'Jacobin' (1794) (28) 1794-1810
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
1798 Renamed "Matilda"

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck129' 2"Imperial Feet39.321 
Length of Keel105' 7"Imperial Feet32.0396 
Breadth32' 10"Imperial Feet9.7536 
Depth in Hold9' 10"Imperial Feet2.7432 
Burthen573Tons BM 

Armament


30.10.1794Broadside Weight = 144 French Livre (155.4048 lbs 70.488 kg)BG
Gun Deck24 French 12-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
30.10.1794220 BG

Service History


DateEventSource
21.10.1794

Depart from Brest

BG
30.10.1794Taken by
Montagu (74) 1779-1818
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line

30.10.1794Taken by
Ganges (74) 1782-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line


 
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