French Privateer frigate 'La Flore' (1792)

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La Flore ➡ 1793 Citoyenne Française ➡ 1793 Flore
Nominal Guns	36	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Previously	French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Flore' (1784) (32) 1784-1792 French 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate 1787 Renamed "Flore"
Purchased	4.7.1792	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	1798	BWAS-1714
Home Port	Bordeaux - Guyenne	BG
Shipyard		NNF-1774
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Captured	6.9.1798	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Length of Gundeck126' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)40.931 (134′ 3″ Imperial)
Length of Keel113' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)36.7024 (120′ 4″ Imperial)
Breadth34' 8"French Feet (Pied du Roi)11.0973 (36′ 4″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold17' 9"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.5564 (18′ 2″ Imperial)
Burthen704Ton
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen411French Tonneaux403.348

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
6.9.1798255 BG

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1793 - 13.5.1793Capitaine de Frégate†W0051794Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1793

Homeport : Bordeaux

4 prizes under Captain Dubedat

ref:692
4.1793Renamed Citoyenne FrançaiseFWIKI
13.5.1793Iris vs Citoyenne Française
8.1793

She was requisitioned in August by the French Navy , then returned to its owners in December 1795 .

FWIKI
8.1793Renamed FloreE-WIKI
1794

Homeport : Bordeaux 3 prizes under Captain Rigal

ref:692
1796

Privateering .

E-WIKI
29.8.1798

Depart from Bordeaux

BG
6.9.1798Taken by after a search of 7 days and a chace of 20 hoursBG
6.9.1798Taken by BG

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

W005William James, Digital Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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