French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Minerve' (1778)

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La Minerve
Nominal Guns	32	NNF-1774
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Previously	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Minerva' (1759) (32) 1759-1778 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Captured	22.8.1778	NNF-1774
Shipyard	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Southampton Class (1756)	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Sir Thomas SladeBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1744-1783	BWAS-1714
Constructor	John QuallettBritish Ship Builder Service 1755	BWAS-1714
Category	Fifth Rate	NNF-1774
Ship Type	Frigate	NNF-1774
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1774
Captured	4.1.1781	NNF-1774
Becomes	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Minerva' (1781) (32) 1781-1784 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate 1781 Renamed "Recovery"

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Length of Gundeck120' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)38.976 (127′ 10″ Imperial)
Length of Keel108' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)35.0784 (115′ 1″ Imperial)
Breadth32' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)10.4748 (34′ 4″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold17' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.5216 (18′ 1″ Imperial)

Armament

8.1778Broadside Weight = 174 French Livre (187.7808 lbs 85.173 kg)NNF-1774
Upper Gun Deck26 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle6 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
8.1778300 NNF-1774

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
9.1778 - 4.1.1781Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:673

Service History

DateEventSource
7.3.1779Action of March 7 1779
4.1.1781Taken by

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

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