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Le Pilote

5814
Nominal Guns14NNF-1774
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorMarine Royale
Keel Laid Down7.1778NNF-1774
Acquired11.1778NNF-1774
First Commissioned5.1779NNF-1774
ShipyardDunkerque - Flanders NNF-1774
Ship ClassMutin Class (1778)NNF-1774
Designed by
Jaques DenysFrench
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1782
NNF-1774
Constructor
Jaques DenysFrench
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1782
NNF-1774
CategoryUnratedNNF-1774
Ship TypeCutterNNF-1774
Captured2.10.1779NNF-1774
Becomes
British cutter 'Pilote' (1779) (14) 1779-1799
British 14 Gun
Unrated Cutter

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Length of Gundeck75' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)24.36 (79′ 11″ Imperial)
Length of Keel65' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)21.112 (69′ 3″ Imperial)
Breadth24' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)7.7952 (25′ 6″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold11' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)3.5728 (11′ 8″ Imperial)
Draught Forward8' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)2.5984 (8′ 6″ Imperial)
Draught Aft11' 9"French Feet (Pied du Roi)3.8164 (12′ 6″ Imperial)

Armament


11.1778Broadside Weight = 42 French Livre (45.3264 lbs 20.559 kg)NNF-1774
Gun Deck14 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
177885Design Complement
2.10.1779120 BG

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
1779 - 2.10.1779Lieutenant de Vaisseau
Thomas de ClonardFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1779
BG

Service History


DateEventSource
2.10.1779Taken by
Jupiter (50) 1778-1808
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
in the North Sea
BG
2.10.1779Taken by
Apollo (32) 1763-1786
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1774 Renamed "Apollo"

2.10.1779Taken by
Crescent (28) 1778-1781
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate



Notes on Ship


CaptureBG

Admiralty-Office, October 9, 1779; 

CAPTAIN Reynolds, of His Majesty's Ship the Jupiter, in his Letter of the 3d instant, gives an account of his having the day before fallen in with and taken, off the-Lizard, 2 Cutters belonging to the French .King, of 14 Six-pounders and 120 men each; one. ofwhich is called Le Pilote, commanded by the Chevalier de Clonard, and the other La Mutine, commanded by the Chevalier de Roquefeiul.

 



Captainref:631

Sutton de Clonard : uncle or nephew ?? , same rank in 1779 , Lieutenant de Vaisseau



 
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