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Le Serpent

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Nominal Guns16BWAS-1793
NationalityEmpire Français
OperatorState Navy
Keel Laid Down9.1806BWAS-1793
Launched30.10.1807BWAS-1793
First Commissioned1.1808BWAS-1793
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1793
ShipyardPaimboeuf - Brittany BWAS-1793
Ship ClassPalinure Class (1803)BWAS-1793
Designed by
François Timothée Benjamin PestelFrench
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1793-1821
BWAS-1793
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1793
Ship TypeSloopBWAS-1793
Sailing RigBrigBWAS-1793
Captured17.7.1808BWAS-1793
Becomes
British sloop 'Asp' (1808) (16) 1808-1814
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck98' 8 ½"Imperial Feet29.8831 
Length of Keel78' 7 ½"Imperial Feet23.7871 
Breadth28' 3 ⅛"Imperial Feet8.5376 
Depth in Hold8' 0"Imperial Feet2.4384 
Burthen334Tons BM 

Service History


DateEventSource
17.7.1808Taken by
Acasta (40) 1797-1821
British 40 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
at La Quaira


 
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