American Sixth Rate ship 'Ariel' (1780)

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Ariel
Nominal Guns	26	NNF-1774
Nationality	United States of America
Operator	Continental Navy
Previously	French Sixth Rate ship 'L'Ariel' (1779) (26) 1779-1780 French 26 Gun 6th Rate Ship
Hired	10.1780	NNF-1774
Shipyard	Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	NNF-1774
Category	Sixth Rate	NNF-1774
Ship Type	Ship	NNF-1774
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1774
Transfered	6.1781	NNF-1774
Becomes	French Sixth Rate ship 'L'Ariel' (1781) (26) 1781-1793 French 26 Gun 6th Rate Ship

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Length of Gundeck105' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)34.104 (111′ 10″ Imperial)
Length of Keel93' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)30.2064 (99′ 1″ Imperial)
Breadth28' 2"French Feet (Pied du Roi)9.1012 (29′ 10″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold11' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)3.5728 (11′ 8″ Imperial)
Burthen350Ton

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
10.1780 - 6.1781CaptainE-WIKI

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Freddy Van Daele on Monday 23rd of February 2015 17:47

Commander from 1780/06/20 to 1781/02/18 Commodore John Paul Jones

Posted by Freddy Van Daele on Monday 23rd of February 2015 17:41

Commodore John Paul JOnes

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