Dutch frigate Alliantie (1788)

Plan of Alliance drawn in 1795
History
Dutch Navy EnsignDutch Republic
NameAlliantie
BuilderAdmiralty, Amsterdam
Launched20 June 1788[1]
Captured1795
Great Britain
NameHMS Alliance
Acquired1795 by capture
Honours and
awards
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Acre" [2]
FateSold 1802
General characteristics [1][3]
TypeFrigate; 6th Charter (sixth rate)
Tons burthen6968194 (bm)
Length
  • 139’ 811" (lower deck; Amsterdam foot)[a]
  • 130 ft 9 in (39.9 m) (o/a);
  • 107 ft 11+34 in (32.912 m) (keel)
Beam
  • 37’ 811" (Amsterdam foot)
  • 34 ft 10 in (10.6 m)
Draught15’ 811" (Amsterdam foot)
Depth of hold
  • 15’ 811" (Amsterdam foot)
  • 12 ft 11 in (3.9 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement
  • British service (frigate): 215
  • British service (storeship): 121
Armament
  • Dutch service:
    • 36 × 12-pounder guns
  • British service (frigate):
    • Upper deck (UD): 26 ×12-pounder guns
    • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns
    • 4 × 24-pounder carronades
    • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns
  • British service (storeship):
    • 14 × 6-pounder guns (UD)
Capture of Alliantie in 1795

The Dutch frigate Alliantie was launched in 1788 in Amsterdam. HMS Stag captured her in 1795 and the British Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Alliance. The Admiralty converted her to a storeship shortly after her capture and fitting. She participated in the siege of Acre in 1799 with the result that her crew qualified for the Naval General Service Medal issued in 1847. She was sold in 1802.

  1. ^ a b van Maanen (2008), p. 3.
  2. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 236.
  3. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 210.


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