History | |
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France | |
Name | Aimable Joséphine |
Builder | Louis and Mathurin Crucy, Basse-Indre, Nantes [1] |
Laid down | 1808 |
Launched | February 1809 [1] |
Commissioned | January 1810 [1] |
Fate | Captured 1810 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Displacement | 330 tons (French) |
Tons burthen | 173, or 22769⁄94 [2] ( bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 7.20 m (23.6 ft), , or 23 ft 9+1⁄2 in (7.3 m) [2] |
Draught | 3.25 m (10.7 ft) |
Complement | 108 |
Armament | 4 × 6-pounder guns + 8 × 12-pounder carronades |
Aimable Joséphine was launched in February 1809 and commissioned in January 1810 at Nantes. Captain Veillon sailed from Nantes in January 1810 with 108 men and 12 guns. [1]
On 13 February 1810 Lloyd's List reported that the French privateer Aimable Josephine had captured the merchantman Elizabeth, Briant, master, as Elizabeth was sailing from Liverpool to Africa. [3]
HMS Narcissus captured Aimable Joséphine on 5 February. Captain the Honourable Frederick Aylmer, of Narcissus reported that she was armed with 14 guns and had a crew of 105 men. [4]
Aimable Josephine was offered for sale by auction at Plymouth on 16 March 1810. She was described as being quite new and pierced for 18 guns. [2]