HMS Valeur (1759)
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Valeur |
| Builder: | Rochefort shipyard |
| Laid down: | March 1754 |
| Launched: | 29 October 1754 |
| Completed: | May 1755 |
| Captured: | 18 October 1759, by the Royal Navy |
| Career (Great Britain) |  |
| Name: | HMS Valeur |
| Acquired: |
Captured on 18 October 1759 Purchased on 13 December 1759 |
| Fate: | Sold on on 26 January 1764 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 28-gun sixth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 524 long tons (532 t) |
| Length: |
115 ft 6 in (35.2 m) (overall) 93 ft 4 in (28.4 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 32 ft 6 in (9.9 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 200 |
| Armament: |
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HMS Valeur was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, initially built as the Valeur for the French Navy, and classified by them as a corvette.
Career
Valeur was built between March 1754 and May 1755 at Rochefort to a design by François-Guillaume Clairin-Deslauriers.[1] She was launched on 29 October 1754. Her career with the French Navy lasted five years. She was serving in the Mediterranean when on 18 October 1759 HMS Lively, serving with a British squadron under Edward Boscawen, engaged her and forced her to surrender.[1][2] She was purchased at Gibraltar on 13 December 1759 and was commissioned under Captain Timothy Edwards.[1] Under his command Valeur captured the privateer Heureux Retour on 5 July 1760, before Captain Robert Lambert took over command.[1] He went on to capture the privateer St Joseph on 28 September 1762, eventually paying off Valeur in October 1763.[1] She was surveyed on 3 October 1763 and was sold at Woolwich Dockyard on 26 January 1764 for £905.[1][2]
Notes
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. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-295-X.
