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La Pièmontaise

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Nominal Guns44NNF-1800
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorState Navy
Keel Laid Down12.1802NNF-1800
Launched15.11.1804NNF-1800
First Commissioned4.1805NNF-1800
How acquiredPurpose builtNNF-1800
ShipyardSaint-Servan - St Malo - Brittany NNF-1800
Ship ClassConsolante Class (1795)NNF-1800
Designed by
François Timothée Benjamin PestelFrench
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1793-1821
NNF-1800
CategoryFifth RateNNF-1800
Ship TypeFrigateNNF-1800
Sailing RigShip RiggedNNF-1800
Captured8.3.1808BWAS-1793
Becomes

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1792
Length of Gundeck47.75Meters156′ 7″ Imperial
Length of Keel42.55Meters139′ 7″ Imperial
Breadth12.18Meters39′ 11″ Imperial
Depth in Hold6.17Meters20′ 2″ Imperial
Burthen1,400Ton 

Armament


15.11.1804Broadside Weight = 372 French Livre (401.4624 lbs 182.094 kg)NNF-1800
Upper Gun Deck28 French 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle4 French 36-Pounder Obusier
Quarterdeck/Forecastle12 French 8-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1795330Design Complement

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
bef.17.12.1805 - 8.3.1808Capitaine de Vaisseau
Louis Jacques Épron de la HorieFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1804-1835
TRN5

1 Warrant Officer


DatesRankNameSource
11.1804 - 10.1805Enseigne de Vaisseau, in the First Equipage
Pierre Michel Le ReddeFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1780-1808
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Service History


DateEventSource
17.12.1805Sailed from St Malo FWIKI
6.1806Took the East Indiaman
Warren Hastings (Unknown) 1795-1806
British Unknown Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
FWIKI
24.9.1806Took the East Indiaman
Fame (Unknown) 1801-1806
British Unknown Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
IORMAR
6.3.1808Taking of the Piemontaise
8.3.1808Taken by
San Fiorenzo (36) 1794-1837
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
off Ceylon


 
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