French corvette 'L'Emilien' (1803)

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L'Emilien (Emilie)
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1793
Nationality	République Française
Operator	State Navy
Previously	British Merchant ship 'Trincomalee' (1802) (Unknown) 1802-1803 British Unknown Gun Merchant Ship
Captured	1803	BWAS-1793
Home Port	Île de France - Mascareignes	ref:692
Shipyard	Bayonne - Aquitaine	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Corvette	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Captured	25.6.1806	BWAS-1793
Becomes	British sloop 'Emilien' (1806) (16) 1806-1808 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck98' 3"Imperial Feet29.8799
Length of Keel78' 1 ½"Imperial Feet23.7871
Breadth27' 9"Imperial Feet8.2623
Depth in Hold14' 0"Imperial Feet4.2672
Burthen320Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen140French Tonneaux138.039

Armament

1804Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck16 French Canons de Fonte

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1804150 ref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
25.6.1806Taken by in the East Indies

Notes on Ship

Privateerref:692

In Salein , privateer

Same ship , taken by Cullover of 74 : error typo

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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