French hired frigate 'Le Machault' (1759)

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Le Machault
Nominal Guns	32	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Previously	French Privateer frigate 'Le Machault' (1757) (32) 1757-1759 French 32 Gun Privateer Frigate
Hired	3.1759	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Bayonne - Aquitaine	NNF-1715
Category	Hired Vessel	NNF-1715
National Rate	Quatrième Rang	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sunk in Action	8.7.1760	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen550French Tonneaux539.429

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
3.1759 - 8.7.1760Lieutenant de VaisseauFWIKI

Service History

DateEventSource
8.7.1760Action in Chaleur Bay

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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Posted by regis on Thursday 5th of May 2016 21:08

550 french tons as merchant
500 french tons as reconverted frigate (Beattie 1968: 53)
perced for 26 guns
24 12-livre cannons for the deck,
2 6-livre cannons for the forecastle,
6 swivel guns

see www.sha.org/assets/documents/Weaponry%20of%20the%20Machault.pdf

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