HMS Guadeloupe (1763)
HMS Guadeloupe (or Guadaloupe), was a 28-gun sixth-rate Coventry-class frigate of the Royal Navy. The ship was designed by Sir Thomas Slade, and was initially contracted to be built with the Pembrokeshire shipwright John Williams of Neyland; however he became bankrupt and the Admiralty transferred the order to the Plymouth Naval Dockyard.
 Guadeloupe was built to the same design as HMS Carysfort, (pictured) | |
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| Name | HMS Guadeloupe |
| Namesake | Invasion of Guadeloupe (1759) |
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| Laid down | 8 May 1759 |
| Launched | 5 December 1763 |
| Completed | 11 July 1764 |
| Commissioned | March 1764 |
| Out of service | Scuttled on 10 October 1781 |
 France | |
| Name | Guadeloupe |
| Acquired | Salvaged |
| Commissioned | April 1783 |
| Fate | Deleted from navy list in 1786 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate |
| Displacement | 850 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | 586 30⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam | 33 ft 8 in (10.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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Guadeloupe served during the American War of Independence. In May 1778 she was under the command of Captain Hugh Robinson.[2] At Yorktown her men, stores, and guns were landed to support the British Army during the siege. When she came under fire from shore batteries the British scuttled her in the York River, Virginia, on 10 October 1781 to prevent the French capturing her.[3]
The French Navy subsequently salvaged her and then commissioned her in April 1783 after they had repaired her. She arrived at Brest. She was ordered on 8 July 1786 at Rochefort to be deactivated and delisted.[4][5]
Citations
- Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 122.
- "NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution" (PDF). history.navy.mil. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Hepper (1994), p. 66.
- Roche (2005), p. 233.
- Demerliac (1996), p. 69, #429.
References
- Demerliac, Alain (1996). La Marine de Louis XVI: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 9782906381230. OCLC 468324725.
- Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
- 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.
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1844157006.
- Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.
