French sloop 'L'Espérance' (1793)

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French 16 Gun
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Ship Builder
Service 1804
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Endymion (16) 1805-1814
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
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Fanfaron (16) 1804-1809
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
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Le Curieux (16) 1800-1804
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
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La Patriote (40) 1794-1798
French 40 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1795 Renamed "Coquille"
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Mahonesa (34) 1789-1796
Spanish 34 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1789)
Le Guerrier (74) 1753-1798
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1753)
L'Heureux (16) 1797-1798
French 16 Gun
Privateer Ship
(1797)
Le Souverain (74) 1757-1798
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1792 Renamed "Peuple Souverain"
(1757)
L'Aquilon (74) 1789-1798
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1789)
Le Spartiate (74) 1797-1798
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1797)
Le Conquérant (74) 1765-1798
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1765)
Le Franklin (84) 1797-1798
French 84 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1797)
Ganges (74) 1782-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1782)
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Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1783
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L'Espérance
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1714
Nationality	République Française
Operator	State Navy
Previously	Spanish sloop 'Elise' (1793) (16) 1793-1793 Spanish 16 Gun Unrated Sloop
Captured	11.1793	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Captured	8.1.1795	BWAS-1714
Becomes	British Fourth Rate sloop 'Esperance' (1626) (Unknown) 1626-1632 British Unknown Gun 4th Rate Sloop

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Burthen250Tons and Tonnage

DateEventSource
8.1.1795Taken by
8.1.1795Taken by

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

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