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Dromadaire Class

NationalityFrance
Nominal Guns18
Approved1781
Designer
Jean-Joseph GinouxFrench
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1751-1781
RateUnrated
TypeFlûte
Designed Crew210
Ships in Class8

Design ArmamentBroadside Weight = 60.00 French Livre (64.75 lbs 29.37 kg)NNF-1774
Gun Deck20 x French 6-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
 OrderedShipyardLaunchedOut of serviceFateGundeck LengthLength of KeelBreadthDepth in holdBurthen
As Designed     127' 0"112' 0"27' 3"15' 6" 
Le Dromadaire (20) 1781-1805
French 20 Gun
Unrated Flûte
UnknownLe Havre - Normandy 10.5.17819.1805Broken Up127' 0"112' 0"27' 3"15' 6" 
Le Chameau (18) 1781-1792
French 18 Gun
Unrated Flûte
UnknownLe Havre - Normandy 8.6.17815.1792Last Mentioned127' 0"112' 0"27' 3"15' 6" 
La Lourde (18) 1781-1797
French 18 Gun
Unrated Flûte
UnknownLe Havre - Normandy 12.17815.1797Wrecked127' 0"112' 0"27' 3"15' 6" 
L'Autruche (20) 1781-1788
French 20 Gun
Unrated Flûte
1785 Renamed "Boussole"
1785 Renamed "Astrolabe"
UnknownLe Havre - Normandy 12.1781aft.3.1788Wrecked127' 0"112' 0"27' 3"15' 6" 
Le Portefaix (18) 1782-1788
French 18 Gun
Unrated Flûte
1785 Renamed "Astrolabe"
1785 Renamed "Boussole"
UnknownBayonne - Aquitaine 1782aft.11.3.1788Wrecked127' 0"112' 0"27' 3"15' 6" 
Le Mulet (18) 1782-1793
French 18 Gun
Unrated Flûte
10.1791Bayonne - Aquitaine 5.178229.8.1793Captured127' 0"112' 0"27' 3"15' 6" 
La Lamproie (18) 1782-1793
French 18 Gun
Unrated Flûte
UnknownLe Havre - Normandy 15.5.17828.1793Captured127' 0"112' 0"27' 3"15' 6" 
Le Barbeau (18) 1782-1791
French 18 Gun
Unrated Flûte
UnknownLe Havre - Normandy 28.5.178210.1791Wrecked127' 0"112' 0"27' 3"15' 6" 

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