French Fourth Rate frigate 'L'Adroit' (1691)

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L'Adroit
Nominal Guns	44	W033
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	7.1690	W033
Launched	20.1.1691	W033
First Commissioned	8.1691	W033
How acquired	Purpose built	W033
Shipyard	Le Havre - Normandy	W033
Constructor	Etienne SaliconFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1680-1691	W033
Category	Fourth Rate	W033
National Rate	Quatrième Rang	W033
Ship Type	Frigate (Frégate-Vaisseau de 1er Ordre)	W033
Sailing Rig	Schooner	W033
Blown Up	22.6.1703	W033

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1661
Length of Gundeck116' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)37.6768 (123′ 7″ Imperial)
Breadth31' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)10.2312 (33′ 6″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold12' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)3.9788 (13′ 0″ Imperial)
Burthen350Ton

Armament

8.1691Broadside Weight = 208 French Livre (224.4736 lbs 101.816 kg)NNF-1661
Lower Gun Deck20 French 12-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 French 8-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 French 4-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
8.1691226 NNF-1661
1696220 ref:692
1702200 ref:692
1703294 ref:692
1703260 ref:692

6 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
2.8.1693 - 13.11.1693Capitaine de Vaisseauref:6931694Capitaine de Frégateref:6731696Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921697Capitaine de Vaisseauref:6734.1697 - 1697Chef d'EscadreFWIKI1702 - 22.6.1703Chef d'Escadreref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
17.6.1696Bataille du Dogger Bank
1697

Under d'Irrumberry , he is responsible for leading the Prince of Conti , candidate for the throne, to Poland.

ref:673
16.1.1703Took the Frigate and one other off GoréeBWAS-1603
10.4.1703Action of 10th April 1703
22.6.1703Sunk by the explosion of the Dutch ship Chateau-d'AnversW033

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1661Alain Demerliac, Book

W033Ronald Deschenes, Web Site

ref:673 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

ref:693Gérard Anglade, Web Site

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