British cutter 'Abeille' (1796)

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Abeille
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Privateer cutter 'Le Abeille' (1793) (10) 1793-1796 French 10 Gun Privateer Cutter 1795 Renamed "Abeille"
Captured	2.5.1796	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	St Malo - Brittany	NNF-1792
Designed by	Jaques DenysFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1782	NNF-1792
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Cutter	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	1798	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1792
Length of Gundeck60' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)19.488 (63′ 11″ Imperial)
Length of Keel53' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)17.2144 (56′ 5″ Imperial)
Breadth20' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)6.496 (21′ 3″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold9' 3"French Feet (Pied du Roi)3.0044 (9′ 10″ Imperial)
Burthen80Tonneaux

Notes on Ship

Ex-French. Captured by Dryad off the Lizard

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1792Alain Demerliac, Book

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