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Its dimensions were considered so extraordinary, and excessive beyond the naturallimits prescribed by necessity, that it was pronounced, as Mr. Willet has as-serted in his Naval Memoir, unwieldy and unfit for service. This opinion has,however, been proved by subsequent experience, premature and incorrect.'The ship in question was among those first equipped by France at the close ofthe year 1792, and the circumstance of her non-employment since it hasformed a part of the British navy, is said to have been owing not merely to its
magnitude
Principal Proportions
of French Frigates and Corvettes.
Fruate* carry inf
Frigates caryinf
Corvettes
of*)
Advice boat? carry-
ill pounder*.-
12 poundeia.
funs.
iftffour 4 |
K>un«ka|.
ft-
in.
ft-
in-
ft-
in.
ft-
in.
Length from head to stern,
144
0
136
0
112
0
80
0
Breadth from outside to outside of the 1
36
e
34
6
28
4
24
0
frame, J
Depth in the hold,
18
0
17
6
14
4
12
0
Draught of water abaft when light,
12
6
11
3
9
6
8
4
Draught of water forward when light,
8
7
8
6
8
5
8
0
Draught of water abaft when laden,
16
0
15
4
13
3
11
6
Draught of water forward when laden,
15
2
13
9
11
9
10
0
Total weight of thev essel and stores when l
tons. 1
cwt.
tons.
cwt.
tons.
cwt.
tons.
cwt.
1 A Tn
1 1 Ao
a Kfi
victualled for a six months’ cruise, \
’ 14/9
u
J 1 Ob
MO
2 OO
Difference between ships of the same class,
52
0
44
23
22
Weight of the fluid displaced when light, I
| 11
10
9
10
6
10
4
13
measured by the inch, J
Displacement when laden, measured by 1
i 13
7
11
5
7
lO
3
10
the inch, *
Weight of the hull and masts,
665
583
266
141
Number and
Calibre
of Guns.
Weight of metal on the gun-deck,
28
18
2 6
12
20
6
4
4
On the quarter-deck and forecastle,
12
8
6
6
Equipage or numbers of the crew in time 1
■ 314
261
120
50
of war,
Numbers of the crew in time of peace,
222
181
120
50
ft-
in.
ft-
in. list.
in.
/in.
in.
lin.
Height of the guns from the surface of 7
6
0
6
the water, ^
Height of the centre of gravity from the 7
9
1
8
5 9
6
4
6
IO
keel, ^
Distance of the centre of gravity from the ?
1
2
1
11 6
2
5
4
1
centre of the vessel, ^
-
Height of the metacentre above the centre 7
n f rrravitv-
n
8
10
8 9
6
9
6
8
H h
Vol. HI.
Particulars