French Fourth Rate frégate-vaisseau de 1er ordre 'L'Amphion' (1749)

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L'Amphion
Nominal Guns	50	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Ordered	19.1.1748	NNF-1715
Keel Laid Down	3.1758	NNF-1715
Named	1.3.1747	NNF-1715
Launched	28.7.1749	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	1750	NNF-1715
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Brest Dockyard - Brest	NNF-1715
Designed by	Jacques-Luc CoulombFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1713	NNF-1715
Category	Fourth Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Troisième Rang	NNF-1715
Ship Type	Frégate-Vaisseau de 1er Ordre	ref:690
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1715
Broken Up	1787	NNF-1715

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck145' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)47.096 (154′ 6″ Imperial)
Length of Keel127' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)41.2496 (135′ 3″ Imperial)
Breadth39' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)12.6672 (41′ 6″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold18' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.8464 (19′ 2″ Imperial)
Displacement1,740Ton
Burthen900Tonneaux

Armament

1750Broadside Weight = 444 French Livre (479.1648 lbs 217.338 kg)NNF-1715
Lower Gun Deck24 French 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 French 12-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
175047010 officers, 470 menNNF-1715

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1778Capitaine de Vaisseauref:6311782 - 1784Capitaine de Vaisseauref:631

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
4.1757 - 1758Enseigne de VaisseauFWIKI

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
1764Garde de la Marineref:673

Service History

DateEventSource
1764

Campaign at Terre-Neuve .

ref:673
27.7.17781st Battle of Ushant
6.7.1779Battle of Grenada
20.3.17801st Action off Monti Christi
9.1782

Escorts from September to November 1782 a convoy of 81 sails to Martinique .

ref:673
15.2.1783

Takes 3 English privateers in front of St Christophe on February 15, 1783 and escape a British Division

ref:673
15.2.1783Action of 15th February 1783

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:690Administration, Web Site

ref:631 Web Site

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

ref:673 Web Site

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