French Privateer frigate 'L'Egyptienne' (1799)

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L'Egyptienne
Nominal Guns	36	TRN5
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Previously	French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Railleuse' (1779) (32) 1779-1799 French 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Purchased	1799	TRN5
Home Port	Bordeaux - Guyenne	TRN5
Shipyard	Bordeaux - Guyenne	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Galatée Class (1779)	BWAS-1793
Designed by	Raymond-Antoine HaranFrench Designer Ship Builder	BWAS-1793
Category	Privateer	TRN5
Ship Type	Frigate	TRN5
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	TRN5
Captured	27.3.1804	TRN5
Becomes	British prison ship 'Antigua' (1804) (Unknown) 1804-1816 British Unknown Gun Unrated Prison Ship

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Length of Gundeck137' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)44.4976 (145′ 11″ Imperial)
Length of Keel124' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)40.2752 (132′ 1″ Imperial)
Breadth34' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)11.0838 (36′ 4″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold17' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.5448 (18′ 2″ Imperial)
Burthen1,150Ton

Armament

23.3.1804Broadside Weight = 186 French Livre (200.7312 lbs 91.047 kg)TRN5
Upper Gun Deck26 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle10 French 6-Pounder

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1802 - 1804/03/27 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
23.3.1804248 TRN5

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1800 - 1802Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921802 - 1804Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

1 Passenger

DatesRankNameSource
7.1801 - 5.11.1801Constructeur Navalref:673

Service History

DateEventSource
7.1801Sailed from Alexandria ref:673
5.11.1801

Arrived at Toulon : only this ship frigate , the state frigate stay in Alexandria and was captured the 02/09/1801 or error on the name of ship .

ref:673
1802

Disarmed by Captain Graves

ref:692
23.3.1804Osprey vs Egyptienne
27.3.1804Capture of the Egyptienne

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

TRN5William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

ref:673 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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