French Fourth Rate frigate 'La Pallas' (1778)

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La Pallas
Nominal Guns	34	FWIKI
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Acquired	1778	FWIKI
Home Port	Lorient - Brittany	FWIKI
Shipyard	Unknown	FWIKI
Category	Fourth Rate	FWIKI
Ship Type	Frigate	FWIKI
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	FWIKI
Captured	1780	ref:692

Armament

1778Broadside Weight = 129 French Livre (139.2168 lbs 63.1455 kg)
Gun Deck26 French 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck6 French 4-Pounder

1779Broadside Weight = 117 French Livre (126.2664 lbs 57.2715 kg)ref:692
Gun Deck26 French 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1779253 ref:692
1780260 ref:692

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1778 - 1779Capitaine de FrégateFWIKI1780Capitaine de Frégateref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
23.9.1779Battle of Flamborough Head
23.9.1779Took the Armed Ship

Notes on Ship

Homeport and armanentsref:692

In 1779 and 1780 , Lorient

In 1779 , 26 guns , guns of the quaterdeck not listed

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by F.F. on Monday 29th of September 2025 13:11

Is there a little misprinting here?

The French never made 9 pounders. According to all the sources I konw of (e.g. wikipedia, quoted here; see: list of sail frigates of France) that ship carried French 8 pounders as main armament.

Broadside: 13 × 8 livres + 3 × 4 livres = 116 livres ≈ 56,78 ㎏ ≈ 125.18 ℔.

Posted by Michael Bosworth on Saturday 31st of May 2025 23:10

Reputedly a slow sailer, for 1778 Battle of Flamborough Head.

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