French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Licorne' (1755)

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La Licorne	5095
Nominal Guns	32	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	5.1754	NNF-1715
Acquired	12.1755	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	3.1756	NNF-1715
Home Port	Alexandria - Egypt	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Brest - Brittany	NNF-1715
Ship Class	Licorne Class	NNF-1715
Designed by	Jean Geoffroy	NNF-1715
Constructor	Jean Geoffroy	NNF-1715
Category	Fifth Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Quatrième Rang	NNF-1715
Ship Type	Frigate	NNF-1715
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1715
Captured	18.6.1778	NNF-1715
Becomes	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Licorne' (1778) (32)

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck120' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)38.9841 (127′ 10″ Imperial)
Breadth31' 10"French Feet (Pied du Roi)10.0688 (33′ 0″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold16' 10"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.1968 (17′ 0″ Imperial)
Burthen540Ton

Armament

3.1756Broadside Weight = 112 French Livre (120.8704 lbs 54.824 kg)E-WIKI
Gun Deck26 French 8-Pounder
Gun Deck4 French 4-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
3.17562377 officers, 230 menNNF-1715

5 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1758Capitaine de Frégate Dugué Lambert (d.1761)FWIKI1761 - 1762Lieutenant de Vaisseau Pierre-François Cornic (1731-1801)FWIKI1762Lieutenant de Vaisseau Armand-François Cillart de Surville (Seigneur de Suville et de Kerguezennec) (1730-1801)FWIKI28.3.1765 - 30.11.1765Capitaine de Vaisseau Pierre Claude Haudeneau (Comte de Breugnon) (1717-1792)ref:12751766Capitaine de Vaisseau François-Aymar de Monteil (Comte de Monteil) (1725-1787)ref:631

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
5.1756 - 1757Lieutenant de Vaisseau François-Pierre Huon de Kermadec (1726-1787)ref:6731765Lieutenant de Vaisseau Barthélémy de Trémignon (1732-1781)ref:631

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1762Enseigne de VaisseauChevalier Thibaut-René de Kergariou-Locmaria (Comte de Kergariou-Locmaria) (1739-1795)FWIKI

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
28.3.1765 - 30.11.1765Garde de la MarineChevalier Eléonor Jacques Marie Stanislas Périer de Salvert (1748-1783)ref:673

Service History

DateEventSource
21.10.1757Forrest's Action
1762

Campaign to Terre-Neuve .

ref:631
31.5.1765Blockade of the Pirates of Salé
25.6.1765Larache Expedition
1766

Campaign to Antilles

ref:631

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

ref:1275 Web Site

ref:631 Web Site

ref:673 Web Site

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