French frigate Consolante (1775)

Consolante was a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, second ship of her class. She is notable as one of the earliest attempts at building a frigate armed with 24-pounders on the artillery deck, rather than the 18-pounders typical of the day.

History
France
Name: Consolante
Namesake: "Consoling"
Ordered: 6 February 1772 [1]
Builder: Lorient
Laid down: April 1772 [1]
Launched: 1 December 1774 [1]
In service: 1776 [1]
Out of service: 1784 [1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Pourvoyeuse class frigate
Displacement: 840 tonnes [1]
Length: 50 m (160 ft) [1]
Beam: 12.3 m (40 ft) [1]
Draught: 6.3 m (21 ft) [1]
Armament:

Career

Although Consolante was designed to carry 24-pounders on her battery, on 2 February 1776 Lorient was ordered to arm her with 18-pounder long guns.[1]

On 4 April 1777, Captain Boudin de Tromelin took command.[2]

In 1778, she was sent to India under Captain La Motte-Vauvert, and was part of the defences of Isle de France (Mauritius).[1]

On 31 May 1782, Bussy-Castelnau arrived at Isle de France with the 74-gun Illustre and the 64-gun Saint Michel.[3] Informed that Thomas d'Estienne d'Orves had left the island on 7 December 1781 with his squadron to attack Trincomalee, Bussy decided to attach Consolante to his squadron, as well as 800 men from the garrison which he embarked on 9 transports, and go reinforce him. [4]

From 1781, she was part of the squadron under Suffren.[1] She took part in the Battle of Trincomalee, where her commanding officer, Lieutenant de Péan, was killed.[1] [5]

At the Battle of Cuddalore on 20 June 1783, he was under Pierre Alexandre Pastour de Costebelle.

Fate

Consolante was hulked in 1784 in Brest, and broken up in 1804. [1]

Notes

    Citations
    1. Roche (2005), p. 125.
    2. "Bernard-Marie Boudin (Seigneur de Tromelin)". Three Decks' Forum. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
    3. Cunat (1852), p. 186.
    4. Cunat (1852), p. 187.
    5. Cunat (1852), p. 235.

    References
    • Cunat, Charles (1852). Histoire du Bailli de Suffren. Rennes: A. Marteville et Lefas. p. 447.
    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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