French Fifth Rate frégate-vaisseau de 1er ordre 'L'Aquilon' (1733)

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L'Aquilon	11304
Nominal Guns	42	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	1731	NNF-1715
Launched	24.11.1733	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	4.1734	NNF-1715
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Toulon - Provence	NNF-1715
Constructor	Rene-Nicolas Levasseur (Seigneur de St-Armand) (1707-1784)	ref:631
Category	Fifth Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Troisième Rang	NNF-1715
Ship Type	Frégate-Vaisseau de 1er Ordre	ref:690
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1715
Sunk in Action	14.5.1757	NNF-1715

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck127'French Feet (Pied du Roi)41.2566 (135′ 4″ Imperial)
Breadth35'French Feet (Pied du Roi)11.3951 (37′ 4″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold17'French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.5487 (18′ 2″ Imperial)
Burthen660Ton

Armament

4.1734Broadside Weight = 192 French Livre (207.2064 lbs 93.984 kg)NNF-1715
Lower Gun Deck22 French 12-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
4.17343099 officers, 300 menNNF-1715

5 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1733 - 1735Capitaine de VaisseauChevalier Antoine d'Albert du Chaine (2^nd Marquis d'Albert du Chesne) (1686-1751)FWIKI1741 - 24.7.1741Capitaine de Vaisseau de Pardaillan (d.1741)†TRN31744Capitaine de VaisseauChevalier Louis-Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil (1691-1763)ref:6731750 - 1751Capitaine de Vaisseau Joseph Aymar (1714-1782)FWIKI1756Capitaine de Vaisseau Hippolyte Bernard Bidé de Maurville (Seigneur de la Funelière) (1701-1784)TGM

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1754Enseigne de Vaisseau François Denis de Keredern de Trobriand (Comte de Trobriand) (1730-1780)ref:631

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
29.4.1742 - 27.1.1744Garde de la Marine Joseph Bernard de Chabert-Cogolin (1724-1805) Transferedref:1275

Service History

DateEventSource

1735

Campaign to the Levant .

ref:673
24.7.1741Action of 1741-07-24
10.2.1743/44Battle of Toulon
5.1754Docked at Louisbourg ref:631
17.5.1756Action of 17th May 1756
14.5.1757l'Aquilon vs Antelope

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
4.1755-1755	Fleet for Louisbourg 1755

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:631 Web Site

ref:690Administration, Web Site

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

TRN3William Laid Clowes, Digital Book

ref:673 Web Site

TGMVarious, Book

ref:1275 Web Site

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