British sloop 'Espoir' (1797)

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Espoir
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French brig 'L'Espoir' (1788) (6) 1788-1797 French 6 Gun Unrated Brig 1793 Renamed "Lazouski" 1795 Renamed "Espoir"
Captured	11.9.1797	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Bayonne - Aquitaine	NNF-1774
Ship Class	Hasard Class (1788)	NNF-1774
Designed by	Raymond-Antoine HaranFrench Designer Ship Builder	NNF-1774
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Brig	BWAS-1714
Sold	9.1804	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck92' 10"Imperial Feet28.0416
Length of Keel75' 1"Imperial Feet22.8651
Breadth25' 10"Imperial Feet7.62
Depth in Hold10' 10"Imperial Feet3.048
Burthen267Imperial Feet0.0254

Armament

1798Broadside Weight = 42 Imperial Pound ( 19.047 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck14 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
179880 BWAS-1793

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
6.1798 - 1799CommanderBWAS-17931799 - 12.1799CommanderBWAS-1793

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
8.7.1795 - 18.2.1796MasterADM 29-1

Service History

DateEventSource
7.8.1798Espoir vs Liguria
7.8.1798Took the Brig 5 leagues from Cape Windmill, Gibraltar
29.10.1798Took the Cutter in the Mediterranean
22.2.1799Took the Xebec off the Spanish coast
14.10.1799Arrived at SheernessBWAS-1793
12.1799Laid up and paid offBWAS-1793
9.1804Sold at SheernessBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 29-1 Document

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

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