French corvette 'La Légère' (1793)

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(1787)
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La Légère
Nominal Guns	18	BWAS-1793
Nationality	République Française
Operator	State Navy
Previously	French Privateer frigate 'L'Inabordable' (1786) (22) 1786-1793 French 22 Gun Privateer Frigate
Requisitioned	6.1793	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Unknown	NNF-1774
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Corvette	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Captured	22.7.1796	BWAS-1793
Becomes	British sloop 'Legere' (1796) (18) 1796-1801 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Burthen320French Tonneaux314.259

DateEventSource
22.7.1796Taken by off the Scilly Isles
22.7.1796Taken by off the Scilly Isles

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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