French Merchant east indiaman 'Le Content' (1747)

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Le Content
Nominal Guns	60	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Compagnie des Indes
Previously	French Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Le Content' (1717) (60)
Purchased	5.1747	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Lorient - Brittany	NNF-1715
Constructor	Pierre-Blaise Coulomb (1699-1753)	NNF-1715
Category	Merchant	NNF-1715
Ship Type	East Indiaman	NNF-1715
Hulked	3.1749	NNF-1715

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck136'French Feet (Pied du Roi)44.1773 (144′ 11″ Imperial)
Length of Keel121'French Feet (Pied du Roi)39.3021 (128′ 11″ Imperial)
Breadth41' 2"French Feet (Pied du Roi)13.3709 (43′ 10″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold17'French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.5487 (18′ 2″ Imperial)
Burthen850Ton

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

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