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*{{HMS|L'Abondance}} was a French storeship built by Jean-Joseph Ginoux, and launched 16 September 1780.<ref>Demerliac (1996), p.102, #702.</ref> |
*{{HMS|L'Abondance}} was a French storeship built by Jean-Joseph Ginoux, and launched 16 September 1780.<ref>Demerliac (1996), p.102, #702.</ref> Rear-Admiral [[Richard Kempenfelt]]'s squadron captured her off [[Brest, France|Brest]] in 1781. She was under the command of a M. Dupuis, had a burthen of 600 tons (bm), and a crew of 90. She was carrying 248 soldiers and ordnance, stores, and provisions.<ref>Beatson (1804), Vol. 6, p.319.</ref> She was taken into the Royal Navy and carried as a [[sixth rate]] of 28 guns (24 x 9-pounder and 4 x 4-pounder guns). Lieutenant N. Phillips commissioned her in April 1783 and on 23 May sailed for North America.<ref name="NMM-WH-379275">{{cite web|url=http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/pdf/Warship_Histories_Vessels_iv.pdf|title=NMM, vessel ID 379275|work=Warship Histories, vol iv|publisher=[[National Maritime Museum]]|accessdate=30 July 2011}}</ref> She made several trips carrying black loyalists to [[City of Halifax|Halifax]]. In November, she evacuated the last group, some 80 members of a unit of black loyalists, the Black Brigade, from New York.<ref>Finkelman (2006), Vol. 2, pp.139-40.</ref> She was sold in 1784. |
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Revision as of 18:37, 29 May 2012
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Abundance:
- HMS Abundance (1799) was a storeship launched and purchased in 1799 and sold in 1823.
- HMS Abundance was an iron screw storeship purchased in 1855 as HMS Alfred (1855), renamed HMS Abundance later that year and sold in 1856.
See also
- HMS L'Abondance was a French storeship built by Jean-Joseph Ginoux, and launched 16 September 1780.[1] Rear-Admiral Richard Kempenfelt's squadron captured her off Brest in 1781. She was under the command of a M. Dupuis, had a burthen of 600 tons (bm), and a crew of 90. She was carrying 248 soldiers and ordnance, stores, and provisions.[2] She was taken into the Royal Navy and carried as a sixth rate of 28 guns (24 x 9-pounder and 4 x 4-pounder guns). Lieutenant N. Phillips commissioned her in April 1783 and on 23 May sailed for North America.[3] She made several trips carrying black loyalists to Halifax. In November, she evacuated the last group, some 80 members of a unit of black loyalists, the Black Brigade, from New York.[4] She was sold in 1784.
Citations
- ^ Demerliac (1996), p.102, #702.
- ^ Beatson (1804), Vol. 6, p.319.
- ^ "NMM, vessel ID 379275" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol iv. National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ Finkelman (2006), Vol. 2, pp.139-40.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA). ISBN 2-906381-23-3
- Finkelman, Paul (2006) Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895:From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass (Oxford University Press). ISBN 9780195167771
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