French frigate Brisson (1767)

History
French Royal Navy EnsignFrance
NameBrisson
BuilderLorient [1]
Launched27 September 1767 [1]
Out of service1781 [1]
General characteristics
Class and typeFrigate
Tons burthen650 to 700 tons [1][2]
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament20, later 24 [1] 8-pounders[2]

Brisson was a 22-gun corvette of the French Navy.

Career

Brisson was built as a fluyt for the Mississippi Company. She became property of the Crown on 8 December 1769 with the liquidation of the Company, and commissioned as a light frigate. She was sold to the commerce circa September 1771. [1]

She returned to the service of the Crown when the French requisitioned in July 1778 for the defence of Pondicherry.[2] She was captured by the British at Pondicherry in September 1778.[3]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f Roche (2005), p. 87.
  2. ^ a b c Demerliac (2004), p. 151, n°1298.
  3. ^ Roussel & Forrer (2019), p. 37.

References

  • Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine de Louis XVI: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-906381-23-3.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 87. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Roussel, Claude-Youenn; Forrer, Claude (2019). Tromelin et Suffren, un conflit entre marins. Kronos. ISBN 978-2-917232-88-0.