French ship Éole (1799)
For other ships with the same name, see French ship Éole and HMS Nimrod.
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name: | Éole |
| Namesake: | Aeolus |
| Builder: | Bordeaux[1] |
| Commissioned: | September 1799 |
| History | |
 UK | |
| Name: | HMS Nimrod |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 300 tonnes |
| Length: | 30.9 metres (101 ft) |
| Beam: | 8.9 metres (29 ft 2 in) |
| Armament: | 18 guns |
| Armour: | Timber |
Éole was an 18-gun corvette of the French Navy, later commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Nimrod after her capture by HMS Solebay.
Career
Built in Bordeaux as a privateer corvette, Éole was requisitioned and brought into service in the French Navy in September 1799, and commissioned in Rochefort. HMS Solebay captured her at Saint Domingue on 23 November 1799, and she was taken in British service as HMS Nimrod.[1]
Fate
She was sold for breaking up in February 1811.[1]
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
Citations
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 177. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042
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