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

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Le Northumberland
Nominal Guns	64	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Previously	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Northumberland' (1743) (64) 1743-1744 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Captured	8.5.1744	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	1741 Establishment 64-Gunner (1741)	BWAS-1714
Constructor	John HollandBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1726-1752	BWAS-1714
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
Wrecked	2.1781	NNF-1715

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck149'French Feet (Pied du Roi)48.4002 (158′ 9″ Imperial)
Length of Keel129'French Feet (Pied du Roi)41.9076 (137′ 5″ Imperial)
Breadth40' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)13.1544 (43′ 1″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold19'French Feet (Pied du Roi)6.1983 (20′ 4″ Imperial)
Burthen1,150Ton

Armament

5.1744Broadside Weight = 748 French Livre (807.2416 lbs 366.146 kg)NNF-1715
Lower Gun Deck26 French 36-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 French 16-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle14 French 8-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
5.17445066 officers, 500 crewNNF-1715

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1745Capitaine de VaisseauFWIKI1747Capitaine de Vaisseauref:6731759Capitaine de VaisseauFWIKI

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
14.9.1744 - 5.8.1745Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:127530.3.1746 - 31.12.1746Capitaine de Vaisseauref:1275

2 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
14.9.1744 - 5.8.1745Enseigne de Vaisseauref:6736.1761 - 1762Sous-Lieutenant d'Artillerie de Marine, after Bayonne , for 15 monthsref:673

4 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1746Sous-Brigadier, Garde de Marineref:67310.11.1746 - 1746Garde de la Marineref:6731761 - 1762Garde de la Marineref:6731762Garde de la Marineref:673

1 Passenger

DatesRankNameSource
6.1747 - 19.9.1747Capitaine de Vaisseauref:1275

Service History

DateEventSource
1747

Take the new Governor Barrin to

Nouvelle-France FWIKI
6.1759Seige of Quebec
20.11.1759Battle of Quiberon Bay

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

ref:673 Web Site

ref:1275 Web Site

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