French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Rochefort' (1669)

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Le Rochefort -> 1670 Sage	13486
Nominal Guns	52	NNF-1661
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	12.1668	NNF-1661
Launched	5.1669	NNF-1661
First Commissioned	4.1670
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1661
Shipyard	Rochefort - Aunis	NNF-1661
Constructor	Francois Pomet	NNF-1661
Category	Third Rate	NNF-1661
Ship Type	Ship of the Line
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Wrecked	19.4.1692	NNF-1661

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1661
Length of Gundeck132' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)42.8736 (140′ 7″ Imperial)
Length of Keel107' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)34.7536 (114′ 0″ Imperial)
Breadth35' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)11.368 (37′ 3″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold14' 8"French Feet (Pied du Roi)4.6013 (15′ 1″ Imperial)
Burthen950Ton

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
4.1670305 NNF-1661

5 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1672Capitaine de Vaisseau Anne Hilarion de Costentin (Comte de Tourville) (1642-1701)ref:6871673Capitaine de Vaisseau La Barreref:6871674 - 1676Capitaine de VaisseauJoseph Andrault (1649-1711)ref:7691683Capitaine de VaisseauJob Forant (d.1692)ref:7711689Capitaine de Vaisseau Vaudricourtref:687

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1670Chef d'escadreMathurin Gabaret (1600-1671)ref:687

Service History

DateEventSource
6.1670Renamed SageNNF-1661
28.5.1672Battle of Solebay
28.5.1673First Battle of Schooneveld
4.6.1673Second Battle of Schooneveld
11.8.1673Battle of Texel
11.2.1674/75First battle of Stromboli
8.1.1675/76Second battle of Stromboli
22.4.1676Battle of Agosta
2.6.1676Battle of Palermo
23.5.1683Second Bombardment of Algiers
1.5.1689Battle of Bantry Bay

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

NNF-1661Alain DemerliacBook

ref:687Philippe de Vilette-MursayBook

ref:769Augustin JalDigital Book

ref:771Charles de La RoncièreDigital Book

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