British Sixth Rate frigate 'Blonde' (1793)

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Blonde
Nominal Guns	28
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Sixth Rate frigate 'La Blonde' (1781) (20) 1781-1793 French 20 Gun 6th Rate Frigate
Captured	27.11.1793
Shipyard	Toulon - Provence	NNF-1774
Ship Class	Coquette Class (1779)	NNF-1774
Designed by	Joseph-Marie-Blaise CoulombFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1755-1789	NNF-1774
Category	Sixth Rate
Ship Type	Frigate
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Sold	1794

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Length of Gundeck119' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)38.6512 (126′ 9″ Imperial)
Length of Keel106' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)34.4288 (112′ 11″ Imperial)
Breadth30' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)9.9064 (32′ 6″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold45' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)14.6485 (48′ 0″ Imperial)
Burthen480Ton

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
29.8.1800 - 20.7.1804LieutenantNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
1794Sold, no record of service in the RN survivesBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

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