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La Courageuse ➡ 1795 Justice

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Nominal Guns44NNF-1792
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorState Navy
Acquired1794NNF-1792
ShipyardBrest - Brittany NNF-1792
Ship ClassVirginie Class (1793)NNF-1792
Designed by
Jean Marguerite Tupinier (Baron Tupinier)French
Naval Sailor
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1794-1817
NNF-1792
CategoryFifth RateNNF-1792
Ship TypeFrigateNNF-1792
Sailing RigShip RiggedNNF-1792
Captured2.9.1801W005

Armament


1794Broadside Weight = 372 French Livre (401.4624 lbs 182.094 kg) 
Upper Gun Deck28 French 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 French 36-Pounder Obusier
Quarterdeck8 French 8-Pounder
Forecastle4 French 8-Pounder

1 Supernumerary


DatesRankNameSource
1797 - 1798Commis d'Administration, , Aide-Commissaire
Jean Claude Cyprien SansonFrench
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1794-1835
ref:673

1 Passenger


DatesRankNameSource
aft.25.3.1799 - 1800Constructeur Naval
Jean Pierre Séraphin VincentFrench
Naval Sailor
Ship Builder
Service 1796-1803
ref:673

Service History


DateEventSource
4.1795Renamed Justice
1798Took the Xebec
Fortunatus (10) 1797-1798
British 10 Gun
Privateer Xebec

1.8.1798Battle of the Nile
24.8.1800

Sailed from La Valette, Malta in company with Diane

JF1800
2.9.1801

Taken at Alexandria by an Anglo-Ottoman force.

W005


Notes on Ship


Fateref:552

Transferred to Turkey after capture: possibly became Turkish frigate Iskenderiye.



 
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