French brig-corvette 'Le Requin' (1806)

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Le Requin
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Empire Français
Operator	State Navy
Keel Laid Down	10.1805	BWAS-1793
Launched	10.11.1806	BWAS-1793
First Commissioned	1.1807	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Rochefort - Aunis	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Sylphe Class (1803)	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Brig-Corvette	BWAS-1793
Captured	28.7.1808	BWAS-1793
Becomes	British sloop 'Sabine' (1808) (18) 1808-1818 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentW028
Length of Gundeck95' 8"Imperial Feet28.9966
Moulded Breadth27' 7"Imperial Feet8.255

1808Broadside Weight = 48 French Livre (51.8016 lbs 23.496 kg)W028
Gun Deck16 French 6-Pounder

DatesRankNameSource
1808 - 28.7.1808Capitaine de FrégateTRN5

DateEventSource
10.5.1808Wizard vs Requin
28.7.1808Taken by off Corsica

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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