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

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Le Northumberland	5582
Nominal Guns	64	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Previously	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Northumberland' (1743) (64)
Captured	8.5.1744	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	1741 Establishment 64-Gunner	BWAS-1714
Constructor	John Holland (d.1752)	BWAS-1714
Category	Third Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Deuxième 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 VaisseauChevalier Étienne de Périer de Salvert (1687-1766)FWIKI1747Capitaine de VaisseauChevalier Antoine-Alexis de Périer (Comte de Salvert) (1691-1757)ref:6731759Capitaine de Vaisseau Vincent-Jean de Bellingant (Comte de Bellingant) (1700-1775)FWIKI

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
14.9.1744 - 5.8.1745Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paul Osée Bidé (Seigneur de Chezac) (1707-1764)ref:127530.3.1746 - 31.12.1746Capitaine de Vaisseau Anne Antoine d'Aché (Comte d'Aché de Serquigny) (1701-1780)ref:1275

3 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1746Sous-Brigadier , Garde de Marine François Alexis Périer (1725-1756)ref:6731761 - 1762Garde de la Marine Joseph Jules François de Martineng (1739-1791)ref:6731762Garde de la Marine François-Joseph-Hippolyte Bidé de Maurville (1743-?)ref:673

1 Passenger

DatesRankNameSource
6.1747 - 19.9.1747Capitaine de VaisseauChevalier Roland-Michel Barrin (3^rd Marquis de La Galissonière) (1693-1756)ref:1275

Service History

DateEventSource
1747

Take the new Governor Barrin to

Nouvelle-France FWIKI
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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