French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Refléchi' (1776)

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Le Refléchi ➡ 1793 Turot
Nominal Guns	64	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	5.1772	NNF-1715
Launched	25.11.1776	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	2.1777	NNF-1715
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Rochefort Dockyard - Rochefort	NNF-1715
Designed by	Antoine GroignardFrench Naval Sailor Designer Ship Builder Administrator Service 1744-1798	NNF-1715
Category	Third Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Second Rang	NNF-1715
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	NNF-1715
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1715
Last Mentioned	1793	NNF-1715

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck154'French Feet (Pied du Roi)50.0212 (164′ 1″ Imperial)
Length of Keel142'French Feet (Pied du Roi)46.1229 (151′ 3″ Imperial)
Breadth41'French Feet (Pied du Roi)13.3439 (43′ 9″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold20' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)6.6584 (21′ 10″ Imperial)
Burthen1,090Ton

Armament

2.1777Broadside 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

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1778 - 1779Capitaine de VaisseauFWIKI1781Capitaine de Vaisseau, no date of end , second ship of 1781ref:6311781 - 5.9.1781Capitaine de Vaisseau†E-WIKI

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1783 - 5.1783Capitaine en Secondref:631

Service History

DateEventSource
27.7.17781st Battle of Ushant
6.7.1779Battle of Grenada
18.12.1779Combat de la Martinique
20.3.17801st Action off Monti Christi
29.4.1781Battle of Fort Royal
5.9.1781Battle of the Chesapeake
25.1.1782Battle of Saint Kitts
12.4.1782Battle of the Saintes
11.1788Refitted as a Unrated HulkFWAS1786
1793

Razeed and renamed, but not mentioned afterwards

FWAS1786
1793Renamed TurotNNF-1715

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

FWAS1786Stephen S. Roberts, Rif Winfield, Book

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:631 Web Site

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