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Modeste11179
Nominal Guns32NNF-1774
NationalityFranceNNF-1774
OperatorMarine NationaleNNF-1774
Keel Laid Down1785/02NNF-1774
Launched1786/03/18NNF-1774
First Commissioned1787/01
How acquiredPurpose builtNNF-1774
ShipyardToulon NNF-1774
Ship ClassMagicienne ClassNNF-1774
Designed byJoseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb NNF-1774
CategoryFifth RateNNF-1774
National RateQuatrième RangNNF-1774
Ship TypeFrigate NNF-1774
Captured1793/10/17BWAS-1714
Becomes British fifth rate frigate 'Modeste' (1793) NNF-1774

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Length of Gundeck136' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi) 
Length of Keel119' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi) 
Breadth34' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi) 
Depth in Hold17' 10"French Feet (Pied du Roi) 

Armament

1786Broadside Weight = 174 French Livre (187.746 lbs 85.173 kg) NNF-1774
Upper Gun Deck26French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck4French 6-Pounder
Forecastle2French 6-Pounder
Crew Complement
Date# of MenNotesSource
1777264Design Complement 
Service History
DateEvent Source
1793/10/17Taken by Captain  

Sources
IDDescriptionAuthorType
NNF-1774 Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792Alain DemerliacBook
BWAS-1714 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif WinfieldBook
 
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Posted by Tim Oakley on Thursday 2nd of August 2012 07:15

17 Oct 1793 French Modeste 32 cut out of neutral port of Genoa by Bedford 74 cap Robert Mann and Captain 74 Captain Samuel Reeve added under Lt Thomas Byam Martin

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