British Sixth Rate post ship 'Bordelais' (1799)

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Bordelais
Nominal Guns	24	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Privateer corvette 'Le Bordelais' (1798) (24) 1798-1799 French 24 Gun Privateer Corvette
Captured	11.10.1799	BWAS-1793
First Commissioned	1.1800	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Bordeaux - Guyenne	BWAS-1793
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Post Ship	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	8.1804	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck138' 6"Imperial Feet42.0664
Length of Keel116' 6"Imperial Feet35.3663
Breadth31' 9"Imperial Feet9.6774
Depth in Hold15' 1"Imperial Feet4.5771
Burthen624 ⁶³⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1.1800Broadside Weight = 361 Imperial Pound ( 163.7135 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck22 British 32-Pound Carronade
Upper Gun Deck2 British 9-Pounder

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1.1800 - 23.10.1801CaptainBWAS-179323.10.1801 - 29.4.1802CommanderBWAS-179329.4.1802 - 1804CaptainBWAS-1793

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1801First Lieutenantref:616

Service History

DateEventSource
24.10.1799Arrived at PlymouthBWAS-1793
11.1799Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
4.1800Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
12.1800Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1793
28.1.1801Capture of the Curieuse
28.1.1801Took the Brig off Barbados
8.1804Broken up at ChathamBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ref:616Nicholas Tracy, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 3rd of June 2026 05:47

London, 27 January 1802: Lieutenant Archibald Montgomery, Mr Pertilla, master’s mate, and ten men belonging to the Bourdelais, off St Domingo, foundered in a Spanish prize, in January last. [Hampshire Chronicle, 1 February 1802]

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