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La Robuste

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Nominal Guns18BWAS-1793
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorState Navy
Purchased1793BWAS-1793
ShipyardNantes - Brittany BWAS-1793
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1793
Ship TypeBrigBWAS-1793
Captured15.4.1796BWAS-1793
Becomes
British sloop 'Scourge' (1796) (18) 1796-1802
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck102' 9"Imperial Feet31.2039 
Length of Keel83' 5"Imperial Feet25.3407 
Breadth28' 11 ⅝"Imperial Feet8.5503 
Depth in Hold12' 10 ½"Imperial Feet3.6703 
Burthen372 3494Tons BM 

Armament


15.4.1796Broadside Weight UnknownBG
Gun Deck22 French Canons de Fonte

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
15.4.1796145 BG

Service History


DateEventSource
15.4.1796Taken by
Pomone (44) 1794-1802
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
off the Saintes
BG


Notes on Ship


CaptureBG

Admiralty-Office , April 26 , 1796 .
Extract of a letter from Commodore Sir John Borlase Warrcn to Evan Nepean , Esq; dated on board of His Majesty's Ship  Pomone , off the Saint , the 16th of April , 1806 .
Beg you will inform their Lordship , that on the 15th instant , at 11 P.M. a sail being discovered in the N.B. Quarter,  I immediately gave chace , and at 3 A.M.  I came up with her in this ship : she proved to be La Robuste Ship Corvette , mounting 22 guns and 145 men , just come from Brest , bound to L'Orient .



 
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