French frigate Enjouée (1766)

Enjouée was an Infidèle-class 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, built on a design by Jean-Joseph Ginoux.

History
France
Name: Enjouée[1]
Namesake: "Joyful"
Ordered: 28 May 1766[1]
Builder: Le Havre[1]
Laid down: May 1766[1]
Launched: 4 November 1766[1]
In service: January 1768[1]
General characteristics [1]
Type: Frigate
Displacement: 600 tons (French)
Length: 42.2 m (138 ft) (overall)
Beam: 11 m (36 ft)
Draught: 5.1 m (17 ft)
Propulsion: Sails
Armament:

Career

Enjouée was tasked with testing one of the first marine chronometers, by Pierre Le Roy, to ascertain whether it allowed measurements of longitude precise enough for navigation, after preliminary testing on Aurore. The test was successful and Le Roy was awarded a prize in recognition of his invention.[2][Note 1]

Enjouée was hulked at Brest in 1777 and broken up in 1783.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

  1. Further testing took place with the 1768-1769 expedition of Fleurieu on Isis, and the 1771 voyage of Borda and Pingré on Flore.[3]

Citations

  1. Roche, vol. 1, p. 175
  2. Delacroix, p. 12
  3. Martin-Allanic (1964), p. 1385, Note 11.

References

  • Delacroix, Gérard (June 2000). Corvette l'Aurore, conçue par Nicolas Ozanne, réalisée par le constructeur Bonvoisin. Collection Archéologie navale française (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-903179-23-9.
  • Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine de Louis XV: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1715 à 1774 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-906381-19-5.
  • Martin-Allanic, Jean-Étienne (1964). Bougainville Navigateur et les Découvertes de son Temps (in French). Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. OCLC 729759706.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 350. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. (1671-1870)
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