French frigate Consolante (1775)
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.
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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] |
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Career
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.
Fate
Consolante was hulked in 1784 in Brest, and broken up in 1804. [1]
Notes
Citations
- Roche (2005), p. 125.
- "Bernard-Marie Boudin (Seigneur de Tromelin)". Three Decks' Forum. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- Cunat (1852), p. 186.
- Cunat (1852), p. 187.
- Cunat (1852), p. 235.
References
- Cunat, Charles (1852). Histoire du Bailli de Suffren. Rennes: A. Marteville et Lefas. p. 447.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.