French frigate Aimable (1776)

Aimable was an Alcmène-class 26-gun frigate of the French Navy.

The capture of the 32-gun French frigate Amiable and the corvette Ceres after their encounter with Sir Samuel Hood in the Barfleur, with the Valiant and the Magnificent, in the Mona Passage, 19 April 1782
History
France
Name:	Aimable
Ordered:	5 May 1755 [1]
Builder:	Toulon [1]
Laid down:	1775 [1]
Launched:	3 October 1811 [1]
Captured:	19 April 1782 [1]
UK
Name:	HMS Aimable
Fate:	broken up in 1814
General characteristics
Class and type:	Alcmène-class
Type:	frigate
Length:	41 metres
Beam:	10.8 metres
Depth of hold:	4.9 metres
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	26 × 8-pounder long guns

Career

Aimable took part in the Battle of Rhode Island, where she helped corner HMS Cerberus and Lark and force their crew to scuttle them. On 8 October 1781, she departed Rochefort with Iphigénie, in a division under Captain Kersaint, to take part in the Capture of Demerara and Essequibo. [1]

Aimable took part in the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782. On 19, she was captured by ships from Hood's squadron during the Battle of the Mona Passage. The British recommissioned her as HMS Aimable.

Citations and references

Citations

1. Roche (2005), p. 28.

References

• Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion. pp. 431–434.
• 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. (1671-1870)
• Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). 2. Challamel ainé.