French Fourth Rate frigate 'Le Sans Pareil' (1695)

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(1762)
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Le Sans Pareil
Nominal Guns	42	W033
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Previously	British Fifth Rate ship 'Nonsuch' (1668) (36) 1668-1695 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Ship
Captured	4.1.1695	W033
Shipyard	Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth	B028
Constructor	Sir Anthony DeaneBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1660-1721	BWAS-1603
Category	Fourth Rate	W033
National Rate	Troisième Rang	W033
Ship Type	Frigate (Frégate-Vaisseau de 1er Ordre)	W033
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	W033
Last known	1697	W033

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel88' 3"Imperial Feet26.8319
Breadth27' 8"Imperial Feet8.2586
Depth in Hold10' 10"Imperial Feet3.048
Draught Aft12' 8"Imperial Feet3.7592
Burthen359 ²⁹⁄₉₄Tons BM

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1696Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921697Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1696

Took , under Captain Trouin , the ships "Catherine" , "Jeanne Comelia" .

ref:692
1696Took the Merchant ref:1585
1697

Took , under Captain Boscher de la Barbinais , the ships "Cœur de Bonne Volonté" , "Hélène" .

ref:692

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

W033Ronald Deschenes, Web Site

ref:1585 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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