French frigate Weser (1812)

	Clorinde, sister-ship of French frigate Weser (1812)
History
France
Name	Weser
Namesake	Weser
Builder	Jean-François Guillemard, Amsterdam
Laid down	April 1811
Launched	12 May 1812
Commissioned	August 1812
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Weser
Acquired	1815 by capture
Fate	Sold 1821 for breaking up
General characteristics
Class and type	Pallas-class frigate
Displacement	1,080 tonnes
Length	46.93 m (154 ft 0 in)
Beam	11.91 m (39 ft 1 in)
Draught	5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	1,950 m2 (21,000 sq ft) of sail
Complement	326
Armament	Nominally 40 guns; In practice carried either 44 or 46 guns:; Battery: 28 18-pounders; Quarter deck & forecastle:; 8 × 8-pounder long guns; 8 × 36-pounder carronades or 12 × 18-pounder carronades;
General characteristics In British service
Tons burthen	1,08710⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall: 152 ft 10+1⁄2 in (46.6 m); Keel:127 ft 0+7⁄8 in (38.7 m);
Beam	40 ft 1+1⁄4 in (12.2 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 6+1⁄4 in (3.8 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	300
Armament	Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns; QD: 14 × 32-pounder carronades; Fc: 2 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 9-pounder chase guns;

The French frigate Weser, or Wezer was a Pallas-class 44-gun frigate of the French Navy launched in 1812 in Amsterdam. The British Royal Navy captured her on 21 October 1813. As HMS Weser she served in North American waters and then was sold for breaking up in September 1817.

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