French frigate Piémontaise
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Piémontaise was a 40-gun Consolante-class frigate of the French Navy. She served as a commerce raider in the Indian Ocean until her capture in March 1808. She then served with the British Royal Navy in the East Indies until she was broken up in Britain in 1813.
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La Pie'montaise in 1806 | |
History | |
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France | |
Name | Piémontaise |
Namesake | Piedmont |
Builder | Saint Malo |
Laid down | 22 March 1803 |
Launched | 15 December 1804 |
Commissioned | 23 September 1805 at Saint Servan |
Captured | 8 March 1808 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Piedmontaise[1] |
Acquired | 8 March 1808 |
Fate | Broken up in 1813 |
General characteristics [2][3] | |
Class and type | Consolante-class frigate |
Displacement | 1400 tons (French) |
Tons burthen | 109183⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 157 ft 5 in (47.98 m) (overall); 128 ft 10 in (39.27 m) (keel) |
Beam | 39 ft 11 in (12.17 m) |
Draught | 6.17 m (20.2 ft) [4] |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
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