French Fourth Rate ship of the line 'La Vestale' (1705)

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La Vestale
Nominal Guns	40	NNF-1774
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	1703	NNF-1774
Acquired	1705	NNF-1774
Shipyard	Toulon - Provence	NNF-1774
Ship Class	Parfaite Class (1703)	NNF-1774
Designed by	François CoulombFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1687-1717	NNF-1774
Category	Fourth Rate	NNF-1774
National Rate	Troisième Rang	NNF-1774
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	NNF-1774
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1774
Sold	1725	NNF-1774

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck120'French Feet (Pied du Roi)38.976 (127′ 10″ Imperial)
Length of Keel99'French Feet (Pied du Roi)32.1823 (105′ 6″ Imperial)
Breadth32' 4"French Feet (Pied du Roi)10.4477 (34′ 3″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold15' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)4.9045 (16′ 1″ Imperial)
Burthen400Ton

Armament

1705Broadside Weight = 184 French Livre (198.5728 lbs 90.068 kg)NNF-1715
Lower Gun Deck22 French 12-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck16 French 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck2 French 4-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
17052566 Officers, 250 menNNF-1715

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1715Capitaine de Vaisseauref:673

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
1724Garde de la Marineref:673

Service History

DateEventSource
11.1724Disarmed at ToulonNNF-1715

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

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