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Le Tourbillon ➡ 1678 Pétillant

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Nominal Guns28NNF-1661
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorMarine Royale
Keel Laid Down2.1670NNF-1661
Launched8.1670NNF-1661
How acquiredPurpose builtNNF-1661
ShipyardBrest - Brittany NNF-1661
CategoryFifth RateNNF-1661
National RateCinquième RangNNF-1661
Ship TypeShipNNF-1661
Sailing RigShip RiggedNNF-1661
Last Mentioned1695NNF-1661

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
8.1670135 NNF-1661

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
8.1670 - 1671Capitaine de Vaisseau
Louis de HallyFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1666-1671
FWIKI

1 Passenger


DatesRankNameSource
8.1670 - 1671Volontaire de la Marine
Louis Ancelin de GémozacFrench
Other
Administrator
Service 1669-1671
FWIKI

Service History


DateEventSource
1670

From 1670 to 1671 , reconnaissance mission of the coasts of Guinea .

FWIKI
6.28.1678Renamed PétillantNNF-1661


Notes on Ship


Bibliographie for 1670 and 1671FWIKI

Complete Report in the form of a handwritten travel report which is still found in the Colbert notes kept at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France by Captain de Hally .

Relation published anonymously in 1674 in a volume edited by Henri Justel and a series of 7 plans of the forts of the Gold Coast (Ghana) today kept at the National Archives of Overseas in Aix-en- Provence by Ingénieur de Gémozac .



 
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