French Privateer corvette 'La Gloire' (1800)

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La Gloire
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1793
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1800	BWAS-1793
Home Port	Île de France - Mascareignes	BG
Shipyard	Bayonne - Aquitaine	BWAS-1793
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Corvette	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Captured	23.3.1801	BWAS-1793
Becomes	British sloop 'Trincomalee' (1801) (16) 1801-1802 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck98' 3"Imperial Feet29.8799
Length of Keel78' 1 ½"Imperial Feet23.7871
Breadth27' 9"Imperial Feet8.2623
Depth in Hold14' 0"Imperial Feet4.2672
Burthen320Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen140French Tonneaux138.039

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1801183when she left the Ile of FranceBG
23.3.1801111 BG

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1800 - 23.3.1801Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1800

Registred at Bordeaux

ref:692
1801

Had taken 6 prizes and sunk several others before her capture

BG
23.3.1801Taken by in the East Indies at the Latitude 15 Deg. 17 Min. N. Longitude 87 Deg. E.BG

Notes on Ship

ArmamentsBG

Mount 18 guns at the depart from Ile de France and 10 guns at the date of capture

Ship TypeBG

French Coppered Sloop ??

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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