French Third Rate ship of the line 'L'Oriflamme' (1670)

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L'Oriflamme	13487
Nominal Guns	50	NNF-1661
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	12.1669	NNF-1661
Launched	1.11.1670	NNF-1661
First Commissioned	6.1671	NNF-1661
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1661
Shipyard	Brest - Brittany	NNF-1661
Constructor	Laurent Hubac	NNF-1661
Category	Third Rate	NNF-1661
National Rate	Troisième Rang	NNF-1661
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	NNF-1661
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1661
Wrecked	2.1691	NNF-1661

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentW033
Length of Gundeck124' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)40.2752 (132′ 1″ Imperial)
Breadth33' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)10.7184 (35′ 1″ Imperial)
Burthen750Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1661
Length of Gundeck123' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)39.9504 (131′ 0″ Imperial)
Length of Keel108' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)35.0784 (115′ 1″ Imperial)
Breadth33' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)10.7184 (35′ 1″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold15' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)4.872 (15′ 11″ Imperial)
Burthen800Ton

Armament

6.1671Broadside Weight = 198 French Livre (213.6816 lbs 96.921 kg)NNF-1661
Lower Gun Deck22 French 18-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
8.1670305 NNF-1661

3 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1672Capitaine de Vaisseau Kerjean-Lesmoualref:6871673Capitaine de Vaisseau François-Annibal de Béthune (Chevalier de Bèthune) (1642-1732)ref:6871674Capitaine de Vaisseau de Tambonneau (Chevalier (no date)) (1640-1676)FWIKI

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
1672Volontaire de la MarineJoseph-Charles Joubert de La Bastide (1660-1727)ref:687

Service History

DateEventSource
28.5.1672Battle of Solebay
28.5.1673First Battle of Schooneveld
4.6.1673Second Battle of Schooneveld
11.8.1673Battle of Texel

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1661Alain Demerliac, Book

W033Ronald Deschenes, Web Site

ref:687Philippe de Vilette-Mursay, Book

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by regis on Sunday 5th of November 2017 19:18

yes
Site Web
Histoire de la Compagnie des Indes ... et des Colonies d'Orient
see Armements 1685/1689

Régis

Posted by T. Vandenberg on Sunday 5th of November 2017 07:22

Can you confirm this was the ship which left Brest on 16 February 1688 and arrived at the bar of Siam on 15 August 1688. The ship's captain was Msr. de l' Estrille. The ship left there on 13 November for Pondicherry where it arrived early February 1689. From Pondicherry it made a voyage to Phuket (Junk Ceylon) and returned there in Jan 1690. From Pondicherry the Oriflamme was recalled to France and sunk off the coast of Brittany in February 1691.

Nominal guns 50 - lower deck 22 French 18-Pounders. Any idea about the type of the remaining 28 guns?

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