History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameAglaé
Captured18 April 1782
Great Britain
NameHMS Aglaia
NamesakeAglaia
Acquired18 April 1782
FateSold, 5 June 1783
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen3056894 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:94 ft 11 in (28.9 m)
  • Keel:75 ft 9+141 in (23.1 m)
Beam27 ft 6+12 in (8.4 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 4+14 in (4.4 m)
Complement
  • Privateer:121
  • HMS:125
Armament
  • Privateer:20 × 6 & 9-pounder guns
  • HMS:18 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Aglaia was the French privateer Aglaé, captured in 1782 and brought into the Royal Navy.[2][a] The Royal Navy sold her in 1783.

Capture

On 18 April 1782 Eolus was off Cape Cornwall on her way to Waterford when she encountered the French privateer Aglaé, of Saint Malo. After a chase of eight hours, Captain Collins of Eolus succeeded in capturing his quarry. She was a ship of twenty 6 and 9-pounder guns, with a crew of 121 men, under the command of Sieur Dugué du Laurent. She had been cruising for six days but had not taken any prizes.[3]

Aglaé arrived at Plymouth 2 May. She then sat there and was never commissioned.[1]

Fate

The Admiralty sold Aglaia on 5 June 1783.

Notes

  1. ^ She was named, in both French and English, for Aglaia, a figure from Greek mythology.

Citations

  1. ^ a b Winfield (2007), p. 290.
  2. ^ Demerliac (1996), p. 198, #1985.
  3. ^ "No. 12291". The London Gazette. 27 April 1782. p. 3.

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