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Le Boullongne

16503
Nominal Guns26NNF-1715
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorCompagnie des Indes
Keel Laid Down5.1758NNF-1715
Launched29.9.1758NNF-1715
First Commissioned2.1759NNF-1715
How acquiredPurpose builtNNF-1715
ShipyardLorient - Brittany NNF-1715
Constructor
Gilles CambryFrench
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1739-1777
NNF-1715
CategoryMerchantNNF-1715
Ship TypeEast IndiamanNNF-1715
Sailing RigShip RiggedNNF-1715
Captured2.1762BWAS-1714
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Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck126' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)40.9248 (134′ 3″ Imperial)
Length of Keel112' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)36.3776 (119′ 4″ Imperial)
Breadth30' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)9.744 (31′ 11″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold11' 8"French Feet (Pied du Roi)3.7893 (12′ 5″ Imperial)
Displacement940Ton 
Burthen600Ton 

Armament


2.1759Broadside Weight = 60 French Livre (64.752 lbs 29.37 kg)NNF-1715
Gun Deck20 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
2.1759157 NNF-1715

 
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Posted by Tim Oakley on Saturday 24th of March 2018 07:43

Feb 1762 French Boulongne [East Indiaman] taken by Venus36 cap Thomas Harrison and added as Boulogne32


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