HMS Monsieur (1780)

History
France
Name	Monsieur
Owner	Messrs. Laforterie-Valmont, Deslandes, and Leboucher de Vallefleur
Builder	Le Havre
Laid down	July 1778
Launched	1779
Fate	Captured 1780
Great Britain
Name	HMS Monsieur
Operator	Royal Navy
In service	1780
Out of service	1783
Fate	Sold 1783
General characteristics
Class & type	frigate
Tons burthen	818 75⁄94 (bm)
Length	139 ft 2+1⁄4 in (42.424 m) (gundeck); 115 ft 3+3⁄8 in (35.138 m) (keel);
Beam	36 ft 6+1⁄2 in (11.138 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 9+1⁄2 in (5.423 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	Privateer: 398 British service: 255 (from 21 December 1780)
Armament	Privateer:; Gun deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns; QD & Fc: 14 × 6-pounder guns; British service:; Upper deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns;; QD: 8 × 6-pounder guns; Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns;

HMS Monsieur was the former 40-gun French privateer Monsieur, built at Le Havre between July 1778 and 1779, then armed at Granville. The Royal Navy captured her in 1780 and subsequently put her into service as a 36-gun Fifth Rate. This frigate was sold in 1783.

History

France
Name	Monsieur
Owner	Messrs. Laforterie-Valmont, Deslandes, and Leboucher de Vallefleur
Builder	Le Havre
Laid down	July 1778
Launched	1779
Fate	Captured 1780
Great Britain
Name	HMS Monsieur
Operator	Royal Navy
In service	1780
Out of service	1783
Fate	Sold 1783
General characteristics
Class & type	frigate
Tons burthen	818 75⁄94 (bm)
Length	139 ft 2+1⁄4 in (42.424 m) (gundeck) 115 ft 3+3⁄8 in (35.138 m) (keel)
Beam	36 ft 6+1⁄2 in (11.138 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 9+1⁄2 in (5.423 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	Privateer: 398 British service: 255 (from 21 December 1780)
Armament	Privateer: Gun deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns QD & Fc: 14 × 6-pounder guns British service: Upper deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns; QD: 8 × 6-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns