French Sixth Rate storeship 'L'Utile' (1784)

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L'Utile
Nominal Guns	20	NNF-1774
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	1783	NNF-1774
Launched	1784	NNF-1774
First Commissioned	4.1784	NNF-1774
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1774
Shipyard	Bayonne - Aquitaine	NNF-1774
Designed by	Jean-Joseph Perrin de Boissieu (Baron Salvaing de Boissieu)French Naval Sailor Designer Ship Builder Administrator Service 1770-1830	NNF-1774
Constructor	Raymond-Antoine HaranFrench Designer Ship Builder	NNF-1774
Category	Sixth Rate	NNF-1774
Ship Type	Storeship	NNF-1774
Captured	8.1793	NNF-1774
Becomes	British Sixth Rate post ship 'Utile' (1793) (20) 1793-1793 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Post Ship

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Length of Gundeck112' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)36.3776 (119′ 4″ Imperial)
Length of Keel102' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)33.1296 (108′ 8″ Imperial)
Breadth27' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)8.7696 (28′ 9″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold13' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)4.2765 (14′ 0″ Imperial)
Burthen350Ton

Armament

4.1784Broadside Weight = 30.5 French Livre (32.9156 lbs 14.9298 kg)NNF-1774
Gun Deck10 French 6-Pounder
Gun Deck2 French Pierrier

1793Broadside Weight = 54.5 French Livre (58.8164 lbs 26.6778 kg)NNF-1774
Gun Deck18 French 6-Pounder
Gun Deck2 French Pierrier

1794Broadside Weight = 61 French Livre (65.8312 lbs 29.8596 kg)NNF-1774
Gun Deck20 French 6-Pounder
Gun Deck4 French Pierrier

1796Broadside Weight = 55.5 French Livre (59.8956 lbs 27.1674 kg)NNF-1774
Gun Deck18 French 6-Pounder
Gun Deck6 French Pierrier

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
4.178480 NNF-1774
1793123 NNF-1774

Service History

DateEventSource
1793Refitted as a 18 gun Unrated Gabarre
8.1793Taken by the British at Toulon
1794Refitted as a 20 gun Unrated Gabarre
1796Refitted as a 18 gun Unrated Gabarre
9.6.1796Taken by

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

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