French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Vigilant' (1744)

Threedeck's Forum

Come and ask, answer or inform.

Recent updates

Recent Comments

Le Vigilant
Nominal Guns	64	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	1742/03	NNF-1715
Launched	1744/05/11	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	1744/12
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Brest Dockyard	NNF-1715
Ship Class	Saint Michel Class
Designed by	Jean-Marie Helie	NNF-1715
Constructor	Jacques-Luc Coulomb	NNF-1715
Category	Third Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Deuxième Rang
Ship Type	Ship of the Line
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Captured	1745/05/19	NNF-1715
Becomes	British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Vigilant' (1745) (60)

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck143' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)46.4502 (152′ 4″ Imperial)
Length of Keel130' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)42.2294 (138′ 6″ Imperial)
Breadth38' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)12.3627 (40′ 6″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold18' 9"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.8769 (19′ 3″ Imperial)
Burthen950Ton

Armament

1744/12Broadside Weight = 486 French Livre (524.4912 lbs 237.897 kg)NNF-1715
Lower Gun Deck24 French 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle14 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1744/124866 officers, 480 menNNF-1715

Petty Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1745 - 1745/05/19Enseigne de VaisseauAntoine de Marges de Saint-Victoretref:672

Service History

DateEventSource
1745/05/19Taken by Superb (60) , Mermaid (54) , Eltham (40)
//

Sources
ID	Description	Author	Type
NNF-1715	Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1715 à 1774	Alain Demerliac	Book
ref:672	Le Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques		Web Site

Previous comments on this pageno comments to display

Make a comment about this page

Recent comments to other pages

Date posted	By	Page
Thursday 27th of July 2017 11:38	Cy	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Somerset' (1748) (68)
Thursday 27th of July 2017 10:21	Jane Somerset Trisos	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Somerset' (1748) (68)
Wednesday 26th of July 2017 16:02	BRIAN BOUCHARD	Thomas Stokes
Wednesday 26th of July 2017 15:59	AvM	Mexican schooner 'Morelos' (0000) (1)
Wednesday 26th of July 2017 15:58	AvM	Mexican brig 'Vencedor del Álamo' (1837)