French Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Le Navarrais' (1670)

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Le Navarrais ➡ 1671 Excellent
Nominal Guns	56	NNF-1661
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	5.1669	NNF-1661
Launched	22.11.1670	NNF-1661
First Commissioned	1671	NNF-1661
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1661
Shipyard	Rochefort - Aunis	NNF-1661
Constructor	Francois PometFrench Ship Builder Service 1664-1677	NNF-1661
Category	Fourth Rate	NNF-1661
National Rate	Troisième Rang	NNF-1661
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	NNF-1661
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1661
Broken Up	1677	NNF-1661

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1661
Length of Gundeck136' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)44.1728 (144′ 11″ Imperial)
Length of Keel108' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)35.0784 (115′ 1″ Imperial)
Breadth37' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)12.0176 (39′ 5″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold16' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.1968 (17′ 0″ Imperial)
Burthen1,050Ton

Armament

1671Broadside Weight = 438 French Livre (472.6896 lbs 214.401 kg)NNF-1661
Lower Gun Deck22 French 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck24 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle10 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1671355 NNF-1661

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1672 - 1673Capitaine de VaisseauFWIKI

Service History

DateEventSource
6.1671Renamed ExcellentE-WIKI
28.5.1672Battle of Solebay
4.6.1673Second Battle of Schooneveld
4.1674

Foundered, but refloated three months later

NNF-1661

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1661Alain Demerliac, Book

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Posted by Stuart Wicks on Sunday 28th of December 2014 14:00

From the dates and description, this looks too much like the other "Excellent" also of Rochefort built at the same time but entered as ID 13480. Could these be duplicates?

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