French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Seine' (1793)

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La Seine
Nominal Guns	42	E-WIKI
Nationality	République Française
Operator	State Navy
Keel Laid Down	5.1793	E-WIKI
Acquired	19.12.1793	E-WIKI
Shipyard	Le Havre - Normandy	E-WIKI
Ship Class	Seine Class (1793)	E-WIKI
Designed by	Pierre-Alexander ForfaitFrench Designer Ship Builder Administrator Service 1773-1806	E-WIKI
Category	Fifth Rate	E-WIKI
National Rate	Troisième Rang
Ship Type	Frigate	E-WIKI
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	E-WIKI
Captured	30.6.1798	E-WIKI
Becomes	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Seine' (1798) (36) 1798-1803 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck156' 9"Imperial Feet47.5529
Length of Keel131' 4 ⅛"Imperial Feet39.932
Breadth40' 6"Imperial Feet12.3444
Depth in Hold12' 4 ½"Imperial Feet3.6703
Burthen1,145 ⁸⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1798Broadside Weight = 352 French Livre (379.8784 lbs 172.304 kg)BNF3
Gun Deck28 French 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle4 French 30-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck/Forecastle10 French 8-Pounder

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1796 - 9.9.1796Lieutenant de Vaisseau†E-WIKI1798 - 30.6.1798Lieutenant de VaisseauTRN4

Service History

DateEventSource
14.7.1794Took the Sloop off the Scilly Isles
9.9.1796Action off Sumatra
29.6.1798Capture of the Seine
30.6.1798Taken by in the Breton Passage
30.6.1798Taken by in the Breton Passage

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BNF3Onesime-Joachim Troude, Digital Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

TRN4William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Cy on Sunday 19th of June 2016 07:46

Thanks Laurent, I've added the information

Posted by Laurent B on Sunday 19th of June 2016 05:29

For 1798:
28 guns 18pds
10 guns 8 pds
4 caronades 36
Given in ''Batailles navales de la France III''. O Troude

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