British Sixth Rate post ship 'Volage' (1798)

Three Decks' Forum

Come and ask, answer or inform.

Recent updates

Update
Jean-Louis PestelFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1793
Update
Le Cornélie (24) 1794-1797
French 24 Gun
6th Rate Frigate (Corvettes de Charge)
1795 Renamed "Calliope"
Update Unité Class (1793)
Update
Le Républicain (24) 1794-1799
French 24 Gun
6th Rate Corvette
Update
Pierre Dieudonné JaunezFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1806-1812
Added
Le Cygne (16) 1806-1808
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Update
Jean-Baptiste LefebvreFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1804
Added
Endymion (16) 1805-1814
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Added
Fanfaron (16) 1804-1809
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Update
Le Curieux (16) 1800-1804
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
See more...

Recent Comments

Resistance (36) 1801-1803
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1801)
Medusa (38) 1791-1797
Venetian 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1791)
Sir James Alexander GordonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1868
Bordelais (24) 1799-1804
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
(1799)
Bordelais (24) 1799-1804
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
(1799)
Venerable (74) 1784-1804
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1784)
Sir John Wentworth LoringBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1837
Sir Robert BarrieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1787-1837
Marquis of Ely (Unknown) 1801-1820
British Unknown Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
(1801)
John ReadBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1804
See more...

Volage
Nominal Guns	22	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Privateer corvette 'La Volage' (1797) (22) 1797-1798 French 22 Gun Privateer Corvette
Captured	23.1.1798	BWAS-1793
First Commissioned	10.1798	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Bordeaux - Guyenne	BWAS-1714
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Post Ship	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	8.1804	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck118' 10 ½"Imperial Feet35.9791
Length of Keel99' 5 ½"Imperial Feet30.1879
Breadth31' 5 ¼"Imperial Feet9.4552
Depth in Hold8' 4"Imperial Feet2.54
Burthen522 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen400French Tonneaux391.6

Armament

10.1798Broadside Weight = 352 Imperial Pound ( 159.632 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck22 British 32-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
10.1798155 BWAS-1714

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
10.1798 - 9.1799CaptainBWAS-171416.9.1799 - 1801CaptainBWAS-17149.10.1801 - 1802CaptainBWAS-1714

Service History

DateEventSource
25.1.1798Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
13.2.1799Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
26.2.1799

Put into Plymouth after being found to be too heavily laden for the passage to the West Indies

TNC
7.3.1799

Sailed from Plymouth for Cork to escort a convoy for Jamaica

BWAS-1714
1801In the West IndiesBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

TNCVarious, Periodical

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

Previous comments on this pageno comments to display

Make a comment about this page

Recent comments to other pages

Date posted	By	Page
Monday 27th of July 2026 16:01	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Resistance' (1801) (36) 1801-1803 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Monday 27th of July 2026 16:00	Jon Miller	Venetian Fifth Rate frigate 'Medusa' (1791) (38) 1791-1797 Venetian 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Monday 27th of July 2026 15:58	Jon Miller	Sir James Alexander GordonBritish Naval Sailor Service 1793-1868
Monday 27th of July 2026 15:57	Jon Miller	British Sixth Rate post ship 'Bordelais' (1799) (24) 1799-1804 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Post Ship
Monday 27th of July 2026 15:56	Jon Miller	British Sixth Rate post ship 'Bordelais' (1799) (24) 1799-1804 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Post Ship

GDPR Statement