French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Courageuse' (1794)

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Oxford (22) 1656-1669
British 22 Gun
5th Rate Ship
(1656)
George TeerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1758-1783
George TeerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1758-1783
Orleans (Unknown) 1838
American Unknown Gun
Merchant Brig
(1838)
Hound (Unknown) 1839
American Unknown Gun
Merchant Schooner
(1839)
La Coquette (Unknown) 1809-1822
French Unknown Gun
Unrated Corvette
(1809)
La Coquette (Unknown) 1809-1822
French Unknown Gun
Unrated Corvette
(1809)
John Ender (Unknown) 1839
American Unknown Gun
Merchant Schooner
(1839)
Formosa (Unknown) 1839
Portugese Unknown Gun
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(1839)
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La Courageuse ➡ 1795 Justice
Nominal Guns	44	NNF-1792
Nationality	République Française
Operator	State Navy
Acquired	1794	NNF-1792
Shipyard	Brest - Brittany	NNF-1792
Ship Class	Virginie Class (1793)	NNF-1792
Designed by	Jean Marguerite Tupinier (Baron Tupinier)French Naval Sailor Designer Ship Builder Service 1794-1817	NNF-1792
Category	Fifth Rate	NNF-1792
Ship Type	Frigate	NNF-1792
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1792
Captured	2.9.1801	W005

Armament

1794Broadside Weight = 372 French Livre (401.4624 lbs 182.094 kg)
Upper Gun Deck28 French 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 French 36-Pounder Obusier
Quarterdeck8 French 8-Pounder
Forecastle4 French 8-Pounder

1 Supernumerary

DatesRankNameSource
1797 - 1798Commis d'Administration, , Aide-Commissaireref:673

1 Passenger

DatesRankNameSource
aft.25.3.1799 - 1800Constructeur Navalref:673

Service History

DateEventSource
4.1795Renamed Justice
1798Took the Xebec
1.8.1798Battle of the Nile
24.8.1800

Sailed from La Valette, Malta in company with Diane

JF1800
2.9.1801

Taken at Alexandria by an Anglo-Ottoman force.

W005

Notes on Ship

Fateref:552

Transferred to Turkey after capture: possibly became Turkish frigate Iskenderiye.

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

JF1800Aeneas Anderson, Web Site

NNF-1792Alain Demerliac, Book

W005William James, Digital Book

ref:552Tuncay Zorlu, Book

ref:673 Web Site

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