French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Furieux' (1684)

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Le Furieux	2279
Nominal Guns	58	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	2.1684	NNF-1715
Launched	23.10.1684	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	3.1685	NNF-1715
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Brest - Brittany	NNF-1715
Constructor	Blaise Pangalo	NNF-1715
Category	Third Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Troisième Rang	NNF-1715
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	NNF-1715
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1715
Foundered	1721	NNF-1715

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck140'French Feet (Pied du Roi)45.472 (149′ 2″ Imperial)
Breadth36'French Feet (Pied du Roi)11.7199 (38′ 5″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold17' 1"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.5255 (18′ 1″ Imperial)
Burthen1,000Ton

Armament

3.1684/85Broadside Weight = 462 French Livre (498.5904 lbs 226.149 kg)NNF-1715
Lower Gun Deck24 French 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck24 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle10 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
3.1684/853577 officers, 350 crewNNF-1715
1697397 ref:692
1703380 ref:692

4 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1689 - 1690Capitaine de Vaisseau Charles des Nos (Comte des Nos de Forbonest) (1645-1701)ref:6871697Corsaire Captain Michel de La Motteref:6921699Capitaine de Vaisseau François de Bricqueville (Comte de la Luzerne) (1665-1746)FWIKI1703Corsaire Captain Desmarets Herpinref:692

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
1701 - 1704Enseigne de Vaisseau Louis Langlois (Seigneur de Chancy) (1666-1736)ref:673

Service History

DateEventSource
1.5.1689Battle of Bantry Bay
30.6.1690Battle of Beachy Head
1697

Loan for privateering ?? with homeport at

Brest ref:692
1703

Loan for privateering ?? with homeport at

St Malo ref:692
7.7.1703Battle of 1703/07/07
13.8.1704Battle of Malaga
7.1707Submerged to avoid shellfire at ToulonNNF-1661
11.1707Re-floatedNNF-1661
1720Refitted as a Unrated Hulk
1721Foundered at ToulonNNF-1715
1726SalvagedNNF-1715
1727Broken upNNF-1715

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
7.1.1697-9.1697	Armement Mixte of Jean-Baptiste du Casse	Lord Jean Bernard Louis Desjeans (Baron de Pointis) (1645-1707)
6.1703-1703	Armement Mixte : Campagne of Spiztberg	René Trouin (Sieur du Gué) (1673-1736)

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:692J. J. Salein, Web Site

ref:687Philippe de Vilette-Mursay, Book

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

ref:673 Web Site

NNF-1661Alain Demerliac, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by SAR on Wednesday 16th of October 2013 13:28

Good information on a very old ship but a drawing would be helpful.

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