British sloop 'Espoir' (1797)

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Espoir	4137
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French brig 'L'Espoir' (1788) (6)
Captured	11.9.1797	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Bayonne - Aquitaine	NNF-1774
Ship Class	Hasard Class	NNF-1774
Designed by	Raymond-Antoine Haran (1748-?)	NNF-1774
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Brig	BWAS-1714
Sold	9.1804	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck92' 10"Imperial Feet28.0416
Length of Keel75' 1"Imperial Feet22.8651
Breadth25' 10"Imperial Feet7.62
Depth in Hold10' 10"Imperial Feet3.048
Burthen267Imperial Feet0.0254

Armament

1798Broadside Weight = 42 Imperial Pound ( 19.047 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck14 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
179880 BWAS-1793

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
6.1798 - 1799Commander Loftus Otway Bland (d.1810)BWAS-17931799 - 12.1799Commander James Sanders (d.1834)BWAS-1793

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
8.7.1795 - 18.2.1796Master Charles ThompsonADM 29-1

Service History

DateEventSource
7.8.1798Espoir vs Liguria
7.8.1798Took the Brig Liguria (26) 5 leagues from Cape Windmill, Gibraltar
29.10.1798Took the Cutter La Fulminante (8) in the Mediterranean
22.2.1799Took the Xebec África (14) off the Spanish coast
14.10.1799Arrived at SheernessBWAS-1793
12.1799Laid up and paid offBWAS-1793
9.1804Sold at SheernessBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 29-1 Document

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