French Third Rate ship of the line 'L'Indomptable' (1790)

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L'Indomptable
Nominal Guns	84	E-WIKI
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	State Navy
Ordered	19.10.1787	E-WIKI
Keel Laid Down	9.1788	E-WIKI
Launched	20.12.1790	E-WIKI
First Commissioned	2.1791	E-WIKI
How acquired	Purpose built	E-WIKI
Shipyard	Brest Dockyard - Brest	E-WIKI
Ship Class	Tonnant Class	E-WIKI
Designed by	Jacques-Noël SanéFrench Designer Ship Builder Administrator Service 1740	E-WIKI
Category	Third Rate	E-WIKI
National Rate	Premier Rang	E-WIKI
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	E-WIKI
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	E-WIKI
Wrecked	22.10.1805	E-WIKI

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Length of Gundeck182' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)59.1156 (193′ 11″ Imperial)
Length of Keel167' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)54.2416 (177′ 11″ Imperial)
Breadth47' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)15.2656 (50′ 0″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold23' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)7.5245 (24′ 8″ Imperial)
Displacement3,868Ton
Burthen2,000Ton

Armament

20.12.1790Broadside Weight = 1104 French Livre (1191.4368 lbs 540.408 kg)E-WIKI
Lower Gun Deck30 French 36-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck32 French 24-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle4 French 36-Pounder Obusier
Quarterdeck/Forecastle18 French 12-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1790854 FWAS1786

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
4.1793 - 24.10.1793Capitaine de Vaisseau Dismissedref:12751801Capitaine de VaisseauTRN57.1802 - 1803Contre-AmiralFWIKI1805 - 25.10.1805Capitaine de VaisseauTRN5

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
11.6.1797 - 18.10.1797Contre-Amiralref:1275

Service History

DateEventSource
6.7.1801Battle of Algeciras Bay
12.7.1801The Gut of Gibraltar
1803

Started refitting at Toulon

FWAS1786
7.1804

Completed fitting at Toulon

FWAS1786
22.7.18053rd Battle of Cape Finisterre
21.10.1805Battle of Trafalgar
22.10.1805

Wrecked off Rota

FWAS1786

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
15.12.1796-13.1.1797	Fleet for the convoy to Ireland of the Army under General Hoche	Justin Bonaventure Morard de GallesFrench Naval Sailor Service 1757-1808

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

FWAS1786Stephen S. Roberts, Rif Winfield, Book

ref:1275 Web Site

TRN5William Laid Clowes, Digital Book

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by TopNard on Monday 10th of October 2016 20:27

1799: 30-36, 32-24, 30-12, 4-36o. (92 guns)

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