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L'Espiègle

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Nominal Guns16BWAS-1793
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorState Navy
Keel Laid Down7.1803BWAS-1793
Launched12.7.1804BWAS-1793
First Commissioned9.1804BWAS-1793
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1793
ShipyardSaint-Servan - St Malo - Brittany BWAS-1793
Ship ClassPalinure Class (1803)BWAS-1793
Designed by
François Timothée Benjamin PestelFrench
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1793-1821
BWAS-1793
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1793
Ship TypeBrig-CorvetteBWAS-1793
Captured16.8.1808BWAS-1793
Becomes
British sloop 'Electra' (1808) (16) 1808-1816
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck93' 3"Imperial Feet28.3718 
Length of Keel74' 6 ⅝"Imperial Feet22.5711 
Breadth28' 2 ⅛"Imperial Feet8.5376 
Depth in Hold12' 9"Imperial Feet3.7719 
Burthen314 7994Tons BM 

Service History


DateEventSource
16.8.1808Taken by
Sybille (38) 1794-1833
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate


 
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