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Name | Consolante |
Namesake | "Consoling" |
Ordered | 6 February 1772 [1] |
Builder | Lorient |
Laid down | April 1772 [1] |
Launched | 1 December 1774 [1] |
In service | 1776 [1] |
Out of service | 1784 [1] |
Fate | Broken up 1804 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Pourvoyeuse-class frigate |
Displacement | 840 tonnes [1] |
Length | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) [1] |
Beam | 12.3 m (40 ft 4 in) [1] |
Draught | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) [1] |
Armament |
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Consolante was a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, second ship of her class. She is notable as one of the earliest attempts at building a frigate armed with 24-pounders on the artillery deck, rather than the 18-pounders typical of the day.
Although Consolante was designed to carry 24-pounders on her battery, on 2 February 1776 Lorient was ordered to arm her with 18-pounder long guns. [1]
On 4 April 1777, Captain Boudin de Tromelin took command. [2]
In 1778, she was sent to India under Captain La Motte-Vauvert, and was part of the defences of Isle de France (Mauritius). [1]
On 31 May 1782, Bussy-Castelnau arrived at Isle de France with the 74-gun Illustre and the 64-gun Saint Michel. [3] Informed that Thomas d'Estienne d'Orves had left the island on 7 December 1781 with his squadron to attack Trincomalee, Bussy decided to attach Consolante to his squadron, as well as 800 men from the garrison which he embarked on 9 transports, and go reinforce him. [4]
From 1781, she was part of the squadron under Suffren. [1] She took part in the Battle of Trincomalee, where her commanding officer, Lieutenant de Péan, was killed. [1] [5]
At the Battle of Cuddalore on 20 June 1783, he was under Pierre Alexandre Pastour de Costebelle.
Consolante was hulked in 1784 in Brest, and broken up in 1804. [1]
History | |
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Name | Consolante |
Namesake | "Consoling" |
Ordered | 6 February 1772 [1] |
Builder | Lorient |
Laid down | April 1772 [1] |
Launched | 1 December 1774 [1] |
In service | 1776 [1] |
Out of service | 1784 [1] |
Fate | Broken up 1804 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Pourvoyeuse-class frigate |
Displacement | 840 tonnes [1] |
Length | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) [1] |
Beam | 12.3 m (40 ft 4 in) [1] |
Draught | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) [1] |
Armament |
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Consolante was a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, second ship of her class. She is notable as one of the earliest attempts at building a frigate armed with 24-pounders on the artillery deck, rather than the 18-pounders typical of the day.
Although Consolante was designed to carry 24-pounders on her battery, on 2 February 1776 Lorient was ordered to arm her with 18-pounder long guns. [1]
On 4 April 1777, Captain Boudin de Tromelin took command. [2]
In 1778, she was sent to India under Captain La Motte-Vauvert, and was part of the defences of Isle de France (Mauritius). [1]
On 31 May 1782, Bussy-Castelnau arrived at Isle de France with the 74-gun Illustre and the 64-gun Saint Michel. [3] Informed that Thomas d'Estienne d'Orves had left the island on 7 December 1781 with his squadron to attack Trincomalee, Bussy decided to attach Consolante to his squadron, as well as 800 men from the garrison which he embarked on 9 transports, and go reinforce him. [4]
From 1781, she was part of the squadron under Suffren. [1] She took part in the Battle of Trincomalee, where her commanding officer, Lieutenant de Péan, was killed. [1] [5]
At the Battle of Cuddalore on 20 June 1783, he was under Pierre Alexandre Pastour de Costebelle.
Consolante was hulked in 1784 in Brest, and broken up in 1804. [1]