French corvette Subtile (1777)
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| Name: | Subtile |
| Builder: | Rochefort. |
| Laid down: | May 1777 [1] |
| Launched: | 7 November 1777 [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 320 tonnes [1] |
| Length: | 35.7 metres [1] |
| Beam: | 9.1 metres [1] |
| Draught: | 4.7 metres [1] |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Armament: | 20 to 26 guns |
| Armour: | Timber |
Subtile was a 24-gun corvette of the French Navy
Career
From 1777 to 1778, she was under Lieutenant Bidé de Maurville.[2]
During the War of American Independence, Subtile served in the Indian Ocean in a squadron under Rear-Admiral Thomas d'Estienne d'Orves.[3] Lieutenant Périer de Salvert was in command from 13 September 1780 to 1 November.[4]
On 9 February 1782, Estienne d'Orves died and Suffren assumed command of the squadron. He re-appointed his captains and gave Tromelin de La Nuguy command of Subtile.[5]
She took part in the Battle of Negapatam under Huon de Kermadec on 6 July 1782.[6][7] [Note 1]
In the year 1787, she sailed for a cruise to China with Résolution (under Bruni d'Entrecasteaux), arriving on 7 February 1787, two days after Lapérouse had left. [8]
In November 1788, she was decommissioned in Toulon and became a hulk in 1789. [8]
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Roche (2005), p. 424.
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- ↑ Cunat (1852), p. 180.
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- ↑ Cunat (1852), p. 103.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Cunat (1852), p. 169.
- ↑ Cunat (1852), p. 145.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Roche (2005), p. 386.
References
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