L'OISEAU
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:33 pm
Built as a wooden frigate at Rochefort for the French Navy.
December 1767 keel laid down.
11 January 1769 launched as the L’OISEAU.
Tonnage 485 ton burthen, dim. length of gundeck 146.3 ft., beam 31 ft. depth 15 ft. (all in French Feet.)
Armament: Upper deck 26 – 8 pdrs, French pdrs. and quarterdeck and forecastle 6 – 4 French pounders.
Crew 207.
November 1770 commissioned.
Took part in the Second Expedition of Yves de Kerguelen-Tremarec to the Kerguelen Islands in the Antarctic, when she under command of Saix de Rosnevet together with the ROLAND left on 26 March 1773 from Brest.
07 September 1774 returned to France.
31 January 1779 under command of Lieut. De Tarade she was taken on the French Breton coast by HMS APOLLO, when she escorted 10 French vessels, the merchantmen scattered and steered for land and escaped.
The L’OISEAU after a short battle was taken by the APOLLO, in the battle she lost her main-topmast and mizzen mast, and her hull was riddled with shots, some had passed right trough.
She was taken in the Royal Navy as HMS OISEAU.
Tonnage given then as 783 ton (bm), dim. 146.3 x 34.1 x 9.10ft.
Armament:26 – 9pdrs. and quarter deck/forecastle 6 – 6pdrs.
Crew 220.
13 May 1779 registered &established, where after she was fitted out and coppered for English Channel duty in Plymouth between 08 February 1779 and 25 March 1780.
November 1779 commissioned under command of Captain Henry Lloyd.
31 January 1780 sailed for Newfoundland.
13 March 1781 sailed again for Newfoundland.
28 June 1781 took the American privateer ACTIVE (14-guns).
01 July 1781 took the American privateers SHARK and CONGRESS.
16 September 1781 took the American privateer CAPTAIN.
16 June 1782 sailed again for Newfoundland.
April 1783 was paid off.
19 June 1783 sold at Deptford, U.K. for £1,650 (for this kind of money most probably for trading in the merchant navy, but not a fate found.)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1960 25F sg23, scott20.
Source: http://www.threedecks.org/index.php?dis ... ip&id=5607 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792 by Rif Winfield.
December 1767 keel laid down.
11 January 1769 launched as the L’OISEAU.
Tonnage 485 ton burthen, dim. length of gundeck 146.3 ft., beam 31 ft. depth 15 ft. (all in French Feet.)
Armament: Upper deck 26 – 8 pdrs, French pdrs. and quarterdeck and forecastle 6 – 4 French pounders.
Crew 207.
November 1770 commissioned.
Took part in the Second Expedition of Yves de Kerguelen-Tremarec to the Kerguelen Islands in the Antarctic, when she under command of Saix de Rosnevet together with the ROLAND left on 26 March 1773 from Brest.
07 September 1774 returned to France.
31 January 1779 under command of Lieut. De Tarade she was taken on the French Breton coast by HMS APOLLO, when she escorted 10 French vessels, the merchantmen scattered and steered for land and escaped.
The L’OISEAU after a short battle was taken by the APOLLO, in the battle she lost her main-topmast and mizzen mast, and her hull was riddled with shots, some had passed right trough.
She was taken in the Royal Navy as HMS OISEAU.
Tonnage given then as 783 ton (bm), dim. 146.3 x 34.1 x 9.10ft.
Armament:26 – 9pdrs. and quarter deck/forecastle 6 – 6pdrs.
Crew 220.
13 May 1779 registered &established, where after she was fitted out and coppered for English Channel duty in Plymouth between 08 February 1779 and 25 March 1780.
November 1779 commissioned under command of Captain Henry Lloyd.
31 January 1780 sailed for Newfoundland.
13 March 1781 sailed again for Newfoundland.
28 June 1781 took the American privateer ACTIVE (14-guns).
01 July 1781 took the American privateers SHARK and CONGRESS.
16 September 1781 took the American privateer CAPTAIN.
16 June 1782 sailed again for Newfoundland.
April 1783 was paid off.
19 June 1783 sold at Deptford, U.K. for £1,650 (for this kind of money most probably for trading in the merchant navy, but not a fate found.)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1960 25F sg23, scott20.
Source: http://www.threedecks.org/index.php?dis ... ip&id=5607 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792 by Rif Winfield.