French corvette 'L'Éole' (1799)

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L'Éole
Nominal Guns	18	BWAS-1793
Nationality	République Française
Operator	State Navy
Acquired	1799	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Le Havre - Normandy	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Corvette	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Captured	24.11.1799	BWAS-1793
Becomes	British sloop 'Nimrod' (1799) (18) 1799-1811 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen350French Tonneaux343.629

1799Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck18 French Canons de Fonte

DatesOwnerSource
1799 - 1799/11/24ref:692

DatesRankNameSource
1799Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921799 - 24.11.1799Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

DateEventSource
1799

Took under Captain Dijeaux the ships "Flora" , "Williams" , "Général Planteur" and "Tom"

ref:692
22.11.1799Taken by off San Domingo
24.11.1799Action of 1799-11-24

One shipref:692

sold to the state or loan to privateering ???

date of capture 22/11/1799 in the Antilles

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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