French Third Rate ship of the line 'L'Eveillé' (1772)

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L'Eveillé	2262
Nominal Guns	64	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	2.1771	NNF-1715
Launched	10.12.1772	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	8.1773	NNF-1715
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Brest Dockyard - Brest	NNF-1715
Ship Class	Artesien Class	FWAS1786
Designed by	Joseph-Louis Ollivier	FWAS1786
Category	Third Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Deuxième Rang
Ship Type	Ship of the Line
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Condemned	1786	NNF-1715

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck154'French Feet (Pied du Roi)50.0212 (164′ 1″ Imperial)
Length of Keel141'French Feet (Pied du Roi)45.7975 (150′ 3″ Imperial)
Breadth40' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)13.1544 (43′ 1″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold20'French Feet (Pied du Roi)6.496 (21′ 3″ Imperial)
Burthen1,100Ton

Armament

8.1773Broadside Weight = 510 French Livre (550.392 lbs 249.645 kg)NNF-1715
Lower Gun Deck26 French 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle10 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
8.17735699 officers, 560 menNNF-1715

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1778 - 1779Capitaine de VaisseauChevalier Gabriel Clair de Rasilly (Seigneur de Beaumont , d'Avoine et de Savigny) (1720-1806)ref:6311780 - 18.2.1780Capitaine de Vaisseau François Denis de Keredern de Trobriand (Comte de Trobriand) (1730-1780)†ref:6313.1780 - 1783Capitaine de Vaisseau Armand Le Gardeur de Tilly (1733-1812)FWIKI

Service History

DateEventSource
27.7.17781st Battle of Ushant
20.6.1780Action off Monti Christi
19.2.1781Took the Ship of the Line Romulus (44) off the Chesapeake
16.3.1781Battle of Cape Henry
25.1.1782Battle of Saint Kitts
12.4.1782Battle of the Saintes

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

FWAS1786Stephen S. Roberts, Rif Winfield, Book

ref:631 Web Site

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

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