The French ship Infatigable was launched in 1798 at Nantes. She became a privateer that the British Royal Navy captured in 1799 and named HMS Dispatch. The Navy never commissioned Dispatch and sold her in 1801.
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Infatigable |
| Builder | Nantes |
| Launched | 1798 |
| Captured | 6 March 1799 |
 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Dispatch |
| Acquired | 1799 by purchase of a prize |
| Fate | Sold 7 September 1801 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Tons burthen | 200,(French; "of load")[2] or 23762⁄94, or 238[3] (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 25 ft 0+7⁄8 in (7.6 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft 3 in (3.4 m) |
| Complement |
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| Armament |
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Infatigable was commissioned in December 1798 with 120 men and 18 guns.[2]
On 6 March 1799 HMS Ethalion captured the 18-gun privateer Infatigable in the Channel after a 10-hour chase. Infatigable was armed with 18 guns and had a crew of 120 men. She was only one day out of Nantes, provisioned for a four-month cruise.[4] "Indefatigable" arrived at Portsmouth on 25 March and was laid up.[1]
The "Principal officers and commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered Dispatch for sale on 24 August 1801.[3] She sold on 7 September for £765.[1]
Citations
edit- ^ a b c Winfield (2008), p. 267.
- ^ a b Demerliac (1999), p. 262, n°2284.
- ^ a b "No. 15396". The London Gazette. 11 August 1801. p. 991.
- ^ "No. 15119". The London Gazette. 26 March 1799. pp. 286–287.
References
edit- Demerliac, Alain (1999). La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 à 1799 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 9782906381247. OCLC 492783890.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.