British sloop 'Duguay Trouin' (1780)

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Duguay Trouin
Nominal Guns	18
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Privateer ship 'Le Duguay Trouin' (1779) (18) 1779-1780 French 18 Gun Privateer Ship
Captured	29.1.1780
First Commissioned	6.1780
Shipyard	Le Havre - Normandy	NNF-1774
Category	Unrated
Ship Type	Sloop
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Sold	30.10.1783

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck86' 2"Imperial Feet26.2213
Length of Keel68' 10 ½"Imperial Feet20.7391
Breadth26' 3"Imperial Feet7.9375
Depth in Hold12' 9"Imperial Feet3.7719
Burthen251 ⁶⁶⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

6.1780Broadside Weight = 80.5 Imperial Pound ( 36.507 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck4 British 18-Pound Carronade
Upper Gun Deck14 British 6-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck10 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
6.1780110 BWAS-1714

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
30.5.1780 - 27.2.1781Commander ADM 6/22/138BWAS-171427.2.1781 - 23.8.1781Commander ADM 6/22/410BWAS-171423.8.1781 - 15.8.1782Commander Transfered ADM 6/23/204
Issued by , Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 22.8.1784BWAS-1714

Service History

DateEventSource
21.8.1780Took the Privateer in the Channel
29.11.1780Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
13.6.1781Took the Privateer in the West Indies
4.1782At JamaicaBWAS-1714
2.3.1783Took the Corvette off Turk's Island
13.8.1783

Paid off

BWAS-1714
30.10.1783SoldBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

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