French Third Rate ship of the line 'L'Arrogant' (1682)

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L'Arrogant
Nominal Guns	58	W033
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	8.1681	W033
Launched	6.5.1682	NNF-1661
First Commissioned	12.1682	W033
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1661
Shipyard	Le Havre - Normandy	W033
Designed by	Jacques DoleyFrench Designer Ship Builder	W033
Constructor	Etienne SaliconFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1680-1691	W033
Category	Third Rate	W033
National Rate	Second Rang	W033
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	W033
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	W033
Captured	10.3.1705	NNF-1661
Becomes	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Arrogant' (1705) (60) 1705-1709 British 60 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1661
Length of Gundeck132' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)42.8736 (140′ 7″ Imperial)
Length of Keel113' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)36.7024 (120′ 4″ Imperial)
Breadth35' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)11.4005 (37′ 4″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold16' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.2239 (17′ 1″ Imperial)
Burthen900Ton

Armament

1682Broadside Weight = 420 French Livre (453.264 lbs 205.59 kg)W033
Lower Gun Deck10 French 24-Pounder
Lower Gun Deck14 French 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck24 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 French 6-Pounder

1696Broadside Weight Unknownref:1837
Gun Deck54 French Canons de Fer

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
12.1682350 NNF-1661
1696350 ref:1837

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1689Capitaine de GalèreFWIKI

Service History

DateEventSource
1.5.1689Battle of Bantry Bay
30.6.1690Battle of Beachy Head
1696

At Toulon .

ref:1837
13.8.1704Battle of Malaga
10.3.1704/5Battle of Marbella

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1661Alain Demerliac, Book

W033Ronald Deschenes, Web Site

ref:1837 Digital Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Cy on Thursday 29th of August 2019 07:32

Good spot :)

Posted by Tom Jensen on Thursday 29th of August 2019 01:51

Keel Laid down - incorrect date I assume

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