British sloop 'Marquise de Seignelay' (1780)

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Marquise de Seignelay
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Privateer sloop 'La Marquise de Seignelay' (1779) (20) 1779-1780 French 20 Gun Privateer Sloop
Captured	10.12.1780	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	11.1782	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Le Havre - Normandy	NNF-1774
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	23.3.1786	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck97' 2"Imperial Feet29.5729
Length of Keel76' 10 ¾"Imperial Feet23.1839
Breadth26' 3"Imperial Feet7.9375
Depth in Hold14' 1"Imperial Feet4.2736
Burthen281 ⁷⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

11.1782Broadside Weight = 42 Imperial Pound ( 19.047 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck14 British 6-Pounder

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
12.11.1782 - 2.1786Commander ADM 6/22/539BWAS-1714

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
26.12.1784 - 15.2.1786MasterADM 29-1

Service History

DateEventSource
15.12.1780Arrived at Portsmouth and laid upBWAS-1714
9.1782Began coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
2.1783Completed coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £4657.3.7dBWAS-1714
2.1786Paid offBWAS-1714
23.3.1786Sold at Sheerness for £650BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 29-1 Document

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

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Posted by Charles on Thursday 24th of July 2014 21:16

Extract of a letter from Sheerness Dec 28, 1784

"Arrived the Rambler and Marquis de Seignally [Seignelay?] cutters, and remain with Scipio and Otter sloop.
"The Centurion lying in ordinary at this port, is ordered up river to be repaired.
"The Ajax is ordered to be sold." (The Times 3 January 1785)

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