British Fifth Rate frigate 'President' (1806)

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President ➡ 1815 Piedmontaise
Nominal Guns	38	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Fifth Rate frigate 'Le President' (1804) (40) 1804-1806 French 40 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Captured	27.9.1806	BWAS-1793
First Commissioned	12.1807	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Basse-Indre - Nantes	NNF-1800
Ship Class	Gloire Class (1803)	NNF-1800
Designed by	Pierre-Alexander ForfaitFrench Designer Ship Builder Administrator Service 1773-1806	NNF-1800
Constructor	Mathurin CrucyFrench Ship Builder Service 1803-1809	NNF-1800
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	12.1815	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck158' 0"Imperial Feet48.1584
Length of Keel132' 4 ¾"Imperial Feet40.2527
Breadth40' 6 ¾"Imperial Feet12.2111
Depth in Hold12' 2"Imperial Feet3.683
Burthen1,147 ⁶¹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

27.9.1806Broadside Weight = 517 Imperial Pound ( 234.4595 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck14 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
12.1807284 BWAS-1793

6 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
12.1807 - 1809CaptainBWAS-17931809CaptainBWAS-17931809 - 1810CaptainBWAS-17931810 - 5.1813CaptainBWAS-17935.1813 - 4.1814CaptainBWAS-17934.1814 - 1815CaptainBWAS-1793

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
19.12.1812 - 15.4.1813Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 196/68/191ADM 196

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
2.6.1813 - 4.9.1815LieutenantNBD1849

2 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1809 - 1810MidshipmanNBD18499.1813 - 3.1815MidshipmanNBD1849

3 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
17.2.1808 - 30.4.1808Able SeamanADM 29/81.5.1808 - 25.1.1809CorporalADM 29/815.12.1809 - 14.8.1810CorporalADM 29/8

Service History

DateEventSource
1.10.1806Arrived at PlymouthBWAS-1793
8.1807Began small repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
2.1808Completed small repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
7.5.1808Sailed for South AmericaBWAS-1793
31.12.1810Sailed for the Cape of Good HopeBWAS-1793
5.1813On the Irish StationBWAS-1793
10.7.1813Reduction of San Sebastien
19.8.1815Renamed PiedmontaiseBWAS-1793
12.1815Broken up at DeptfordBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 196 Document

ADM 29/8 Archive

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

NNF-1800Alain Demerliac, Book

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