French corvette 'La Sardine' (1757)

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La Sardine
Nominal Guns	14	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	10.1756	NNF-1715
Acquired	30.3.1757	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	4.1757	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Brest - Brittany	NNF-1715
Ship Class	Ecureil Class (1757)	NNF-1715
Designed by	Jacques-Luc CoulombFrench Naval Sailor Designer Ship Builder Service 1728-1768	NNF-1715
Constructor	Pierre-Augustin Lamothe Kercaradec (Sieur de Kercaradec)French Designer Ship Builder Service 1756-1782	NNF-1715
Category	Unrated	NNF-1715
Ship Type	Corvette	NNF-1715
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1715
Captured	13.1.1761	BWAS-1714
Becomes	British sloop 'Sardoine' (1761) (14) 1761-1768 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck91' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)29.5568 (96′ 11″ Imperial)
Breadth23' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)7.5245 (24′ 8″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold9' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)3.0856 (10′ 1″ Imperial)
Displacementc300Ton
Burthen165Ton

Armament

4.1757Broadside Weight = 29.5 French Livre (31.8364 lbs 14.4404 kg)NNF-1715
Gun Deck14 French 4-Pounder
Gun Deck6 French Pierrier

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
30.3.1757110Design Complementref:744

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1759Enseigne de VaisseauFWIKI

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1759 - 10.1759Enseigne de VaisseauFWIKI

Service History

DateEventSource
1759

Coast Guard at Rochefort .

ref:673
13.1.1761Taken by in the Bay of Biscay

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:673 Web Site

ref:744Ian Mclaughlan, Digital Book

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