French Third Rate ship of the line 'L'Achille' (1747)

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L'Achille
Nominal Guns	64	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	12.1745	NNF-1715
Launched	15.11.1747	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	1.1748	NNF-1715
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Toulon - Provence	NNF-1715
Constructor	Claude Louis CoulombFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1745	FWIKI
Category	Third Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Second Rang
Ship Type	Ship of the Line
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Captured	17.7.1761	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentW033
Length of Gundeck147' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)47.7456 (156′ 7″ Imperial)
Breadth40' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)12.992 (42′ 7″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold19' 4"French Feet (Pied du Roi)6.1832 (20′ 3″ Imperial)
Burthen1,200Ton
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck145'French Feet (Pied du Roi)47.099 (154′ 6″ Imperial)
Breadth38' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)12.3627 (40′ 6″ Imperial)

Armament

1.1748Broadside Weight = 510 French Livre (550.392 lbs 249.645 kg)W033
Lower Gun Deck26 French 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle10 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1.17484899 officers, 480 menNNF-1715

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1757Capitaine de VaisseauBNF3

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1.1.1746 - 1746Lieutenant de VaisseauFWIKI2.1756 - 1756Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:673

Service History

DateEventSource
5.4.1757Action of April 5 1757
8.1757Louisbourg Expedition
9.3.1761Rippon v L'Achille
17.7.1761Action of 17th July 1761
17.7.1761Taken by off VigoBWAS-1714
17.7.1761Taken by BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BNF3Onesime-Joachim Troude, Digital Book

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

W033Ronald Deschenes, Web Site

ref:673 Web Site

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