French Fifth Rate frigate 'Le Nieuport' (1696)

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Le Nieuport
Nominal Guns	24	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Previously	British Sixth Rate ship 'Newport' (1694) (24) 1694-1696 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship
Captured	5.7.1696	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth	BWAS-1603
Designed by	The Navy BoardBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1694-1695	B028
Constructor	William StigantBritish Ship Builder Service 1683-1685	BWAS-1603
Category	Fifth Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Cinquième Rang	NNF-1715
Ship Type	Frigate (Frégate Légère)	NNF-1715
Condemned	5.1717	NNF-1715

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck88'French Feet (Pied du Roi)28.6095 (93′ 10″ Imperial)
Breadth22'French Feet (Pied du Roi)7.1727 (23′ 6″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold7' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)2.436 (7′ 11″ Imperial)

Armament

7.1696Broadside Weight = 54 French Livre (58.2768 lbs 26.433 kg)NNF-1715
Upper Gun Deck18 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
7.16961055 officers, 100 menNNF-1715

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1702Capitaine de Corsaire , rank ?ref:1585

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1696Lieutenant de Frégateref:1010

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
24.5.1697 - 1698Garde de la Marineref:631

Service History

DateEventSource
10.11.1696Took the Merchantman ref:1010
1702Took the Merchant ref:1585
1702Took the Merchant ref:1585

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:1010Administration, Document

ref:1585 Web Site

ref:631 Web Site

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