French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Guerrier' (1753)

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Le Guerrier	2076
Nominal Guns	74	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	3.9.1750	NNF-1715
Launched	9.9.1753	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	1.1754	NNF-1715
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Toulon - Provence	NNF-1715
Constructor	Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb (1728-1803)	NNF-1715
Category	Third Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Premier Rang	NNF-1715
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	NNF-1715
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1715
Captured	2.8.1798	NNF-1715

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck165'French Feet (Pied du Roi)53.5941 (175′ 9″ Imperial)
Breadth43'French Feet (Pied du Roi)13.9935 (45′ 10″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold20' 4"French Feet (Pied du Roi)6.6043 (21′ 8″ Imperial)
Burthen1,455Ton

Armament

1.1754Broadside Weight = 838 French Livre (904.3696 lbs 410.201 kg)NNF-1715
Lower Gun Deck28 French 36-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 French 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle16 French 8-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1.17546666 Officers, 660 menNNF-1715

6 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1756Capitaine de Vaisseau René Villars de la Brosse-Raquin (1704-1776)FWIKI12.1757 - 1759Capitaine de Vaisseau Henri II de Rochemore (1702-1778)FWIKI1761Capitaine de VaisseauChevalier Louis Guillouet (Comte d'Orvilliers) (1710-1792)ref:6315.4.1778 - 1780Capitaine de Vaisseau Louis Antoine Bougainville (Comte de Bougainville) (1729-1811)ref:12751795Capitaine de Vaisseau Louis-Antoine-Cyprien Infernet (1756-1815)FWIKI1798 - 2.8.1798Capitaine de Vaisseau Jean François Timothée Trullet (1755-1819)E-WIKI

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1778Lieutenant de VaisseauChevalier Joseph Jules François de Martineng (1739-1791)ref:673

Service History

DateEventSource
20.5.1756Battle of Minorca
18.8.1759Battle of Lagos Bay
14.12.1778Battle of St. Lucia
6.7.1779Battle of Grenada
20.10.1782Battle of Cape Spartel
29.8.1793Siege of Toulon
14.3.1795Action off Genoa
13.7.1795Battle of Hyeres
1.8.1798Battle of the Nile

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

ref:631 Web Site

ref:1275 Web Site

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

ref:673 Web Site

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