French Third Rate ship of the line 'L'Heureux Retour' (1691)

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L'Heureux Retour
Nominal Guns	54	NNF-1661
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Previously	British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Happy Return' (1654) (44)
Captured	4.11.1691	NNF-1661
Shipyard	Great Yarmouth - Norfolk	B028
Constructor	Edmund Edgar	BWAS-1603
Category	Third Rate	NNF-1661
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	NNF-1661
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1661
Captured	28.4.1708	BWAS-1603

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel104' 0"Imperial Feet31.6992
Breadth33' 2"Imperial Feet10.0753
Depth in Hold13' 0"Imperial Feet3.9624
Draught Aft17' 0"Imperial Feet5.1816
Burthen608 ⁴⁹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1695Broadside Weight = 298 French Livre (321.6016 lbs 145.871 kg)NNF-1661
Lower Gun Deck22 French 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22 French 8-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle6 French 4-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1692270 NNF-1661

Service History

DateEventSource
1692repairs at Brest - Brittany NNF-1661
1695Refitted as a 50 gun Fourth Rate Ship of the Line
28.4.1708Taken by Burford (70) BWAS-1603

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1661Alain Demerliac, Book

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

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