Abénaquise
Abénaquise (or Abenakise) was a 36-gun ship of the French Navy of the Ancien Régime, designed by René-Nicholas Lavasseur and launched on 8 July 1757. She was commanded by captain Gabriel Pellegrin. In 1757 she crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 38 days. This was one of the fastest crossings from Brest to Petite ferme on the Côte de Beaupré with pilot Pellegrin, port captain of Quebec, who was on his forty-second crossing.
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Abénaquise |
Builder | Designed by René-Nicholas Lavasseur |
Laid down | August 1753 |
Launched | June 1756 in Quebec |
In service | 1756–1757 |
Captured | 1757 |
Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Aurora |
Acquired | 23 November 1757 |
Commissioned | October 1758 |
In service | 1758–1763 |
Fate | Broken up at Plymouth Dockyard, 1763 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 38-gun fifth rate |
Tons burthen | 946374⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 38 ft 8.5 in (11.798 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 250 |
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Captured by the Royal Navy in 1757, she was renamed HMS Aurora and saw active service in the latter half of the Seven Years' War. She was broken up for timber at Plymouth Dockyard in 1763.
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