NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Aigle			Balthazar & Edward Adams, Bucklers Hard	11.1798	23.9.1801	6.10.1801	corvette 7.1831, coal hulk 11.1852
Resistance			George Parsons, Bursledon	3.1800	29.4.1801	21.6.1801	wrecked 31.5.1803

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	963bm
Displacement full, t
Length, m	44.5 gundeck
Breadth, m	11.7
Draught, m	3.96 hold depth
No of shafts
Machinery	sails
Power, h. p.
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	10 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 26 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 8 x 1 - 107/14 9pdr SBML
Complement	264

Project history

18pdr frigates, 36 guns (fifth rate), reclassified as 42/44-gun in 1817. Designed by Sir John Henslow.

Modernizations

1831, Aigle: was cut down to 26-gun 6th rate corvette with armament consisted of 6 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 194/16 56pdr 85cwt SBML, 12 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML, 6 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML

1839, Aigle: was armed with 2 x 1 - 204/12 8'' 52cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML, 20 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 40cwt SBML

Naval service

Resistance wrecked on Portuguese coast near Cape St. Vincent 31.5.1803.