French Fifth Rate frigate 'Le Favory' (1692)

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Le Favory
Nominal Guns	36	FWIKI
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Launched	1692	FWIKI
Home Port	Bayonne - Aquitaine	FWIKI
How acquired	Purpose built	FWIKI
Shipyard	Bayonne - Aquitaine	FWIKI
Ship Class	Aigle Class (1692)
Designed by	François ArnaudFrench Ship Builder Service 1691	FWIKI
Constructor	François ArnaudFrench Ship Builder Service 1691	FWIKI
Category	Fifth Rate	FWIKI
National Rate	Cinquième Rang
Ship Type	Frigate (Frégate-Vaisseau de 1er Ordre)
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Last Mentioned	1694	FWIKI

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen300French Tonneaux293.7

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
25.8.1692 - 5.1693Capitaine de Corsaireref:69321.6.1693 - 4.12.1694Capitaine de Corsaireref:693

Service History

DateEventSource
28.7.1693Battle of Bear Bay
10.9.1694Battle of Ferryland

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

ref:693Gérard Anglade, Web Site

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Posted by Gérard ANGLADE on Monday 18th of July 2016 19:43

o Constructor = François Arnaud
o Commander from 1692/07 to 1693/05 = Capitaine de Fregate, Charles de Larralde
o Sources : www.lebaron.free.fr/V6/favory.1692.html

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