French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Solitaire' (1758)

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Le Solitaire

2351
Nominal Guns64NNF-1715
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorMarine Royale
Keel Laid Down10.1757NNF-1715
Launched30.11.1758NNF-1715
First Commissioned4.1759NNF-1715
How acquiredPurpose builtNNF-1715
ShipyardLorient - Brittany NNF-1715
Constructor
Antoine GroignardFrench
Naval Sailor
Designer
Ship Builder
Administrator
Service 1744-1798
NNF-1715
CategoryThird RateNNF-1715
National RateSecond RangNNF-1715
Ship TypeShip of the LineNNF-1715
Sailing RigShip RiggedNNF-1715
Broken Up9.1771NNF-1715

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck165'French Feet (Pied du Roi)53.5941 (175′ 9″ Imperial)
Breadth41'French Feet (Pied du Roi)13.3439 (43′ 9″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold20' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)6.6584 (21′ 10″ Imperial)
Burthen1,250`Ton 

Armament


4.1759Broadside Weight = 510 French Livre (550.392 lbs 249.645 kg)NNF-1715
Lower Gun Deck26 French 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
4.175956111 officers, 560 crewNNF-1715

2 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1759 - 1760Capitaine de Vaisseau
Louis-Vincent de LangleFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1764
FWIKI1781Capitaine de Vaisseau
Cicé-Champion (Comte de Cicé-Champion)French
Naval Sailor
E-WIKI

1 Commissioned Officer


DatesRankNameSource
3.4.1776 - 17.8.1776Capitaine de Vaisseau
Louis Antoine Bougainville (Comte de Bougainville)French
Naval Sailor
Service 1770-1802
ref:1275

3 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1759Garde de la Marine
Jean-Louis de Trédern de LezerecFrench
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Marine
Service 1757-1790
ref:6731760 - 1763Garde de la Marine
Nicolas de GrimouardFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1757-1793
ref:6311761 - 1762Garde de la Marine
Henry de Paschal de Rochegude (Marquis de Rochegude)French
Naval Sailor
Service 1757-1800
ref:673

Service History


DateEventSource
20.11.1759Battle of Quiberon Bay
1761

From 1761 to 1762 , Depatement of Rochefort

ref:673

 
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Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 24th of June 2026 17:57

Paris, 22 April 1765: The following is a list of the ships of war in the harbour of Toulon when the last letters left that place: Tonnant, 80 guns; Hector, Couronne, Soverain, Protecteur, Guerrier, and Alerte, of 74; Fantasque, Lion, Triton, Sage, St Fraincois, Solitaire, Frier, and Valiant, of 64; with three of 60 guns built at Genoa, which are not yet named. Of frigates there were the Chimere of 32 guns, and the Topaze of 22. There were besides in the same harbour two chebecks of 16 guns each, and they were hard at work on the Entreprenant and Languedoc of 74 guns, the Bourgoyne, Marseillois, and Capricieux, of 64, and the Sultane of 40. [Ipswich Journal, 11 May 1765]

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