British Sixth Rate ship 'Abondance' (1781)

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Abondance
Nominal Guns	28	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Sixth Rate frigate 'L'Abondance' (1780) (20) 1780-1781 French 20 Gun 6th Rate Frigate
Captured	12.12.1781	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Le Havre - Normandy	DBF
Ship Class	Baleine Class (1778)	DBF
Designed by	Jean-Joseph GinouxFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1751-1781	DBF
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	29.4.1784	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB028
Breadth29' 6"Imperial Feet8.8561
Burthen524Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck113' 11 ⅞"Imperial Feet34.4646
Moulded Breadth132' 6"Imperial Feet40.2384
Breadth29' 5 ¾"Imperial Feet8.8583
Depth in Hold11' 9"Imperial Feet3.5814
Burthen526 ⁵⁰⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1781Broadside Weight = 116 Imperial Pound ( 52.606 kg)B028
Gun Deck24 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 4-Pounder

1781Broadside Weight = 63 Imperial Pound ( 28.5705 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck14 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
19.7.1782200As a 6th Rate 28BWAS-1714
4.178352As a storeshipBWAS-1714

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
13.12.1782 - 16.3.1784CommanderBWAS-1714

Service History

DateEventSource
1.1763Refitted as a 14 gun Unrated Storeship
12.12.1781Captured by in the Bay of Biscay
19.7.1782Registered as a Sixth rate
2.9.1782Began coppering and fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
6.1.1783Completed coppering and fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £6058.12.9dBWAS-1714
4.1783CommissionedB066
4.1783Refitted as a 14 gun Unrated Storeship
23.5.1783Sailed for North AmericaB066
3.1784Paid OffB066
29.4.1784Sold at Deptford for £2,200

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

B066Brian Lavery, Book

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

DBFJean-Michel Roche, Web Site

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