French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Sage' (1751)

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Le Sage
Nominal Guns	64	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Ordered	26.1.1749	NNF-1715
Keel Laid Down	12.1749	NNF-1715
Launched	29.12.1751	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	1752	NNF-1715
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Toulon Dockyard - Toulon	NNF-1715
Ship Class	Lion Class (1749)	NNF-1715
Designed by	Pierre-Blaise CoulombFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1708-1758	NNF-1715
Category	Third Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Second Rang	NNF-1715
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	NNF-1715
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1715
Broken Up	5.1768	NNF-1715

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck151'French Feet (Pied du Roi)49.0453 (160′ 10″ Imperial)
Length of Keel134'French Feet (Pied du Roi)43.5264 (142′ 9″ Imperial)
Breadth40' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)13.1544 (43′ 1″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold19' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)6.1892 (20′ 3″ Imperial)
Burthen1,150Ton

Armament

1752Broadside Weight = 510 French Livre (550.392 lbs 249.645 kg)NNF-1715
Lower Gun Deck26 French 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle10 French 6-Pounder

1761Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck56 French Canons de Fonte

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1761 - 1762, , Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
17524899 officers, 480 menNNF-1715
1761560as privateerref:692

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1756Capitaine de VaisseauFWIKI1757Capitaine de VaisseauBNF31.1761 - 1762Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
21.5.1754 - 22.10.1754Chef d'Escadreref:1275

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
13.2.1756 - 25.11.1756Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:17231758Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:631

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1754Enseigne de Vaisseauref:673

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
1754Enseigne de Vaisseauref:631

Service History

DateEventSource
20.5.1756Battle of Minorca
5.4.1757Action of April 5 1757
8.1757Louisbourg Expedition
1761

Loan from 1761 to 1762 for privateering : homeport Dunkerque

ref:692
3.1761

From March to July 1761 , Kerguelen led a campaign in the West Indies , which would prove unsuccessful .

ref:631

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BNF3Onesime-Joachim Troude, Digital Book

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:1275 Web Site

ref:1723 Archive

ref:631 Web Site

ref:673 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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