French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Cassard' (1803)

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Le Cassard
Nominal Guns	74	E-WIKI
Nationality	République Française
Operator	State Navy
Keel Laid Down	8.1793	E-WIKI
Launched	24.9.1803	E-WIKI
How acquired	Purpose built	E-WIKI
Shipyard	Brest - Brittany	E-WIKI
Ship Class	Cassard Group Large Variant Téméraire Class (1802)	E-WIKI
Designed by	Jacques-Noël SanéFrench Naval Sailor Designer Ship Builder Administrator Service 1758-1836	E-WIKI
Constructor	Pierre OzanneFrench Naval Sailor Designer Ship Builder Service 1757-1811	E-WIKI
Category	Third Rate	E-WIKI
National Rate	Premier Rang	E-WIKI
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	E-WIKI
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	E-WIKI
Broken Up	1832	E-WIKI

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentE-WIKI
Length of Gundeck173' 10"French Feet (Pied du Roi)56.1904 (184′ 4″ Imperial)
Breadth45' 4"French Feet (Pied du Roi)14.6377 (48′ 0″ Imperial)
Draught Forward20' 10"French Feet (Pied du Roi)6.496 (21′ 3″ Imperial)
Draught Aft23' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)7.4704 (24′ 6″ Imperial)

Armament

24.9.1803Broadside Weight = 1000 French Livre (1079.2 lbs 489.5 kg)BWAS-1793
Lower Gun Deck28 French 36-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 French 24-Pounder
Quarterdeck12 French 8-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle4 French 36-Pounder Carronade
Forecastle4 French 8-Pounder

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

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Posted by Morddel on Friday 17th of February 2023 14:25

On 12 October 1806, the Cassard, Captain Faure, sank the Kitty, Captain William Murdoch, British, 395 tons, out of Liverpool, carrying 22 9-pounders. The very large crew was taken off and sent in to Brest.
Source: Service Historique de la Défense, cartons Yj29 and 30.
Included in the crew were the Black American seamen: Christopher Page and Isaac Connell.
Other Americans on the crew were:
Henry Powell, seaman
Joseph Warner, master gunner
Benjamin and John Church, seamen
Stephen Churchill, seaman
William Crossman, seaman
Henry Darling, 4th mate
Mich. Fosberry, seaman
Benjamin Johnson, Quartermaster
Robert Johnson, seaman
James Little, seaman
Richard Luttler, seaman
Thomas and James Mahoney, seamen
Sources: Service Historique de la Défense: carton Yj 31
Letters to the American consul at Paris, Fulwar Skipwith
TNA:ADM 103/467/1 and /2

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