Swedish Fifth Rate frigate 'Illerim' (1716)

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Illerim
Fildrim in report of Capture
Nominal Guns	34	W006
Nationality	Sweden
Operator	Swedish Navy
Keel Laid Down	1709	W006
Acquired	1716	W006
Shipyard	Karlskrona - Blekinge	W006
Category	Fifth Rate	W006
Ship Type	Frigate	W006
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	W006
Captured	10.1717	W006
Becomes	Danish Fifth Rate frigate 'Iderim' (1717) (34) 1717-1762 Danish 34 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentW006
Length of Gundeck140' 0"Swedish fot41.566 (136′ 4″ Imperial)
Breadth36' 6"Swedish fot10.9853 (36′ 0″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold17' 0"Swedish fot5.0473 (16′ 6″ Imperial)
Burthen1,050Ton

Armament

1716Broadside Weight = 256 Swedish pound (Skålpund) (239.872 lbs 108.8256 kg)W006
Gun Deck24 Swedish 18-Pounder
Gun Deck10 Swedish 8-Pounder

1717Broadside Weight = 264 Swedish pound (Skålpund) (247.368 lbs 112.2264 kg)W006
Gun Deck24 Swedish 18-Pounder
Gun Deck12 Swedish 8-Pounder

Service History

DateEventSource
28.6.1717Taken by BWAS-1603
28.6.1717Taken by BWAS-1603

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

W006Teemu Koivumaki, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by regis on Saturday 21st of March 2020 10:23

the date of capture 10/1717 , when the ship was given to The Danish allied ??

Posted by regis on Sunday 6th of March 2016 15:46

my mistake

Number of sweden ship have aln conversion in place of fod

Posted by Cy on Sunday 6th of March 2016 03:03

Not an error in conversion, but should have been using Fot instead of Aln. Has been corrected

Posted by regis on Friday 4th of March 2016 20:22

error conversion swedish aln

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alen_%28unit_of_length%29

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_units_of_measurement#Length

felipe.mbnet.fi/html/pictures2.html

Swedish feet of 296,9 mm

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