French Fifth Rate frigate 'L'Astrée' (1728)

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L'Astrée
Nominal Guns	30	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	7.1727	NNF-1715
Launched	1.1728	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	4.1728	NNF-1715
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Brest - Brittany	NNF-1715
Constructor	Jean Marguerite Tupinier (Baron Tupinier)French Naval Sailor Designer Ship Builder Service 1794-1817	NNF-1715
Category	Fifth Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Quatrième Rang	NNF-1715
Ship Type	Frigate (Frégate Légère)	NNF-1715
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1715
Broken Up	1741	NNF-1715

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck109'French Feet (Pied du Roi)35.4303 (116′ 2″ Imperial)
Breadth29'French Feet (Pied du Roi)9.4463 (30′ 11″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold13'French Feet (Pied du Roi)4.2495 (13′ 11″ Imperial)
Burthen412Ton

Armament

4.1728Broadside Weight = 104 French Livre (112.2368 lbs 50.908 kg)NNF-1715
Upper Gun Deck22 French 8-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle8 French 4-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
4.17281955 officers, 190 menNNF-1715

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1.1728 - 1729Capitaine de Vaisseauref:6316.1738 - 1739Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:673

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1736Enseigne de VaisseauFWIKI

2 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
21.7.1733 - 8.1.1734Garde de la Marineref:12751737Sous-Brigadier, Garde de Marineref:673

Service History

DateEventSource
1728

Campaign of 17 months against the "Barbaresques" .

ref:631
20.7.1728Bombardment of Tripoli
11.6.1734Siege of Danzig
6.1738

From 1738 to 1739 , on a trade protection mission on the coasts of Guinea and on the return attack the corsairs from Salé and Larache in Morocco.

ref:673

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:1275 Web Site

ref:631 Web Site

ref:673 Web Site

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