French brig Lodi (1797)
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Lodi (or Lody) was the Venetian Navy brig Giasone, launched in 1795. The French captured her at Corfu in 1797. She took part in a sanguinary and inconclusive single-ship action with a British privateer shortly after her capture. She continued to serve in the Mediterranean carrying dispatches between France and Alexandria and then moved to the West Indies where she supported the French attempt to defeat the Haitian Revolution in Saint Domingue. HMS Racoon captured her on 11 July 1803; her subsequent fate is unknown.
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HMS Racoon capturing French brig-corvette Lodi, circle of William John Huggins | |
History | |
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Venetian Republic | |
Name | Giasone[1] |
Namesake | Jason, a hero from Greek mythology |
Laid down | 29 August 1791[1] |
Launched | 29 August 1795[1] |
Captured | 1797 |
France | |
Name | Jason |
Namesake | Battle of Lodi |
Acquired | 1797 by capture |
Renamed | Lodi |
Captured | 1803 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Brig-corvette |
Displacement | 400 tons |
Length | 27.1 m (89 ft) |
Beam | 9.4 m (31 ft) |
Draught | Unladen:3.08 m (10.1 ft) Laden:9.4 m (31 ft) |
Depth of hold | 4.87 m (16.0 ft) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Brig |
Complement | 94 |
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