Aimable Joséphine (1809 ship)

History
France
Name	Aimable Joséphine
Builder	Louis and Mathurin Crucy, Basse-Indre, Nantes[1]
Laid down	1808
Launched	February 1809[1]
Commissioned	January 1810[1]
Fate	Captured 1810
General characteristics [1]
Displacement	330 tons (French)
Tons burthen	173, or 22769⁄94[2] (bm)
Length	Overall:30.86 m (101.2 ft) Keel:24.04 m (78.9 ft) Or:94 ft 0 in (28.7 m)[2]
Beam	7.20 m (23.6 ft), or 23 ft 9+1⁄2 in (7.3 m)[2]
Draught	3.25 m (10.7 ft)
Complement	108
Armament	4 × 6-pounder guns + 8 × 12-pounder carronades

Aimable Joséphine was launched in February 1809 and commissioned in January 1810 at Nantes. Captain Veillon sailed from Nantes in January 1810 with 108 men and 12 guns.^[1]

On 13 February 1810 Lloyd's List reported that the French privateer Aimable Josephine had captured the merchantman Elizabeth, Briant, master, as Elizabeth was sailing from Liverpool to Africa.^[3]

HMS Narcissus captured Aimable Joséphine on 5 February. Captain the Honourable Frederick Aylmer, of Narcissus reported that she was armed with 14 guns and had a crew of 105 men.^[4]

Aimable Josephine was offered for sale by auction at Plymouth on 16 March 1810. She was described as being quite new and pierced for 18 guns.^[2]

Citations

1. Demerliac (2003), p. 278, n°2198.
2. "Advertisements & Notices". Trewman's Exeter Flying Post or Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser (Exeter, England), 1 March 1810; Issue 2317.
3. Lloyd's List №4432.
4. "No. 16342". The London Gazette. 13 February 1810. pp. 234–235.

References

• Demerliac, Alain (2003). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 A 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.