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Séduisant Class

NationalityFrance
Nominal Guns74
Approved1782
Designer
Joseph-Marie-Blaise CoulombFrench
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1755-1789
RateThird Rate
TypeShip of the Line
Designed Crew707
Ships in Class2

Design ArmamentBroadside Weight = 838.00 French Livre (904.37 lbs 410.20 kg)W006
Lower Gun Deck28 x French 36-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 x French 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle16 x French 8-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
 OrderedShipyardLaunchedOut of serviceFateGundeck LengthLength of KeelBreadthDepth in holdBurthen
As Designed      173'3"  1550
Le Séduisant (74) 1783-1796
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1793 Renamed "Pelletier"
1795 Renamed "Séduisant"
UnknownToulon - Provence 5.7.178316.12.1796Wrecked173' 3" 43' 8"22' 0"1,550
Le Mercure (74) 1783-1798
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1.6.1782Toulon - Provence 4.8.17832.8.1798Captured 173'3"  1550

Sources


IDNameAuthorType
W006Sailing WarshipsTeemu Koivumaki, Web Site
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