| Aimable | 2936 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 32 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | BWAS-1714 | |
| Operator | The Royal Navy | BWAS-1714 | |
| Previously | French fifth rate frigate 'L'Aimable' (1776) | BWAS-1714 | |
| Captured | 1782/04/19 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | BWAS-1714 | |
| Category | Fifth Rate | BWAS-1714 | |
| Ship Type | Frigate | BWAS-1714 | |
| Broken Up | 1814/05 | BWAS-1714 | |
Dimensions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension | Measurement | Type | Metric Equivalent | BWAS-1714 |
| Length of Gundeck | 133' 5" | Imperial Feet | 40.6654 | Length of Keel | 109' 5" | Imperial Feet | 33.3502 | Breadth | 36' 8" | Imperial Feet | 11.176 | Depth in Hold | 11' 0" | Imperial Feet | 3.3528 | Burthen | 782 44⁄94 | Tons BM |
Armament | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1782/05 | Broadside Weight = 198 Imperial Pound ( 89.793 kg) | BWAS-1714 | ||
| Upper Gun Deck | 26 | British 12-Pounder | ||
| Quarterdeck | 6 | British 12-Pound Carronade | ||
| Forecastle | 2 | British 6-Pounder | ||
| 1791 | Broadside Weight = 174 Imperial Pound ( 78.909 kg) | BWAS-1714 | ||
| Upper Gun Deck | 26 | British 12-Pounder | ||
| Quarterdeck | 4 | British 6-Pounder | ||
| Forecastle | 2 | British 6-Pounder | ||
| Crew Complement | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | # of Men | Notes | Source |
| 1782/05 | 220 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Flag Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1795/05 | 1795/07 | Vice-Admiral of the Red | John Laforey | BWAS-1714 |
| Commanders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1782/05 | 1783/08 | Captain | Alexander Hood | BWAS-1714 |
| 1793/02/01 | 1795/05 | Captain | Sir Harry Burrard-Neale | BWAS-1714 |
| 1795/05 | 1795/07 | Captain | Francis Laforey | BWAS-1714 |
| 1795/07 | 1796/07 | Captain | Charles Sydney Davers | BWAS-1714 |
| 1796/07/07 | 1797/04 | Captain | Jemmett Mainwaring | BWAS-1714 |
| 1797/04 | 1798/10 | Captain | William Granville Lobb | BWAS-1714 |
| 1798/11 | 1802 | Captain | Henry Raper | BWAS-1714 |
| 1803/09 | 1805/08 | Captain | Sir William Bolton | BWAS-1714 |
| 1805/08 | 1805/08 | Captain | Duncombe Pleydall Bouverie | BWAS-1714 |
| 1805/08 | 1807/07 | Captain | Clotworthy Upton | BWAS-1714 |
| 1807/07 | 1810/09 | Captain | George Stuart | BWAS-1714 |
| 1810/09 | 1811 | Captain | John Charles Woolcombe | BWAS-1714 |
| Commissioned Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1804 | 1804 | Lieutenant | William Mather | TRN5 |
| Petty Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1794 | 1795 | Midshipman | Charles Philip Butler Bateman | NBD1849 |
| Crewmen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1806/02 | Unknown | 1st Class Volunteer | Thomas Atkinson | NBD1849 |
| Service History | Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1782/07/21 | Sailed for North America | BWAS-1714 |
| 1782/11 | Blockade of Cap Francois | BWAS-1714 |
| 1783/01/29 | Registered, backdated to date of capture | BWAS-1714 |
| 1783/04/26 | Sailed from Jamaica for England | BWAS-1714 |
| 1783/07/12 | Arrived at Chatham, paid off and was laid up | BWAS-1714 |
| 1790/01 | Began great repair at Rochester | BWAS-1714 |
| 1792/12 | Completed great repair at Rochester at a cost of £15727.0.0d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1792/12 | Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard | BWAS-1714 |
| 1793/02 | Recommissioned | BWAS-1714 |
| 1793/03 | Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £6268.0.0d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1793/04 | Took the Privateer Le Laborieux in the Channel | |
| 1793/05/22 | Sailed for the Mediterranean | BWAS-1714 |
| 1793/05/26 | Took the Privateer Le Coureur | |
| 1794/05/23 | Took the Unrated Gabarre La Moselle off the Hyeres | |
| 1795/05/05 | Sailed for Jamaica | BWAS-1714 |
| 1796/07/22 | Action vs Spartiate - Aimable vs Pensée | |
| 1798/04/06 | Took the Privateer Le Triomphe off Puerto Rico | |
| 1798/04/08 | Took the Privateer Le Chasseur off Puerto Rico | |
| 1798/04/20 | Took the Privateer L'Espiègle | |
| 1798/10 | Paid off | BWAS-1714 |
| 1798/10 | Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard | BWAS-1714 |
| 1798/11 | Recommissioned | BWAS-1714 |
| 1799/03 | Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £6691.0.0d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1799/06/01 | Sailed for the Mediterranean | BWAS-1714 |
| 1799/11/20 | Sailed for Jamaica | BWAS-1714 |
| 1799/12/17 | Present at the Action of 1799-12-17 | |
| 1801 | In the Leeward Islands | BWAS-1714 |
| 1803/07 | Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard | BWAS-1714 |
| 1803/09 | Recommissioned | BWAS-1714 |
| 1803/11 | Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £8405.0.0d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1804/05/16 | Present at the Attack on Ver Huell\'s squadron | |
| 1805 | In the North Sea | BWAS-1714 |
| 1807/11/11 | Took the Privateer La Décidée | |
| 1809/01/02 | Took the Sixth Rate Corvette L'Iris | |
| 1809/01/02 | Took the Sixth Rate Corvette L'Iris off Dieppe | |
| 1809/07 | Operations in the Elbe | BWAS-1714 |
| 1810/11/25 | Stranded on Berwick Bar but refloated | BWAS-1714 |
| 1814/05 | Broken up at Deptford | BWAS-1714 |
| Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Description | Author | Type |
| BWAS-1714 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 | Rif Winfield | Book |
| TRN5 | The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the present Vol V | William Laid Clowes | Digital Book |
| NBD1849 | A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 | O'Brien | Digital Book |