British Fifth Rate frigate 'Piedmontaise' (1808)

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Piedmontaise
Nominal Guns	38	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Pièmontaise' (1804) (44) 1804-1808 French 44 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Captured	8.3.1808	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Saint-Servan - St Malo - Brittany	NNF-1800
Ship Class	Consolante Class (1795)	NNF-1800
Designed by	François Timothée Benjamin PestelFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1793-1821	NNF-1800
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	1.1813	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck157' 5"Imperial Feet47.8558
Length of Keel128' 10"Imperial Feet39.0144
Breadth39' 11"Imperial Feet11.89
Depth in Hold12' 8"Imperial Feet3.7592
Burthen1,091 ⁸³⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1809Broadside Weight = 517 Imperial Pound ( 234.4595 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck14 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1809300 BWAS-1793

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1809 - 9.1811Captain†BWAS-17939.1811CaptainBWAS-17939.1811 - 9.1812CaptainBWAS-1793

Service History

DateEventSource
1809Commissioned in the East IndiesBWAS-1793
12.8.1812Arrived at Woolwich and paid offBWAS-1793
1.1813Broken up at WoolwichBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1800Alain Demerliac, Book

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Friday 24th of July 2026 08:52	Jon Miller	Philip AffleckBritish Naval Sailor Service 1743-1799
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