French Third Rate ship of the line 'L'Annibal' (1801)

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L'Annibal
Nominal Guns	74	BWAS-1714
Nationality	République Française
Operator	State Navy
Previously	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Hannibal' (1786) (74) 1786-1801 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Captured	5.7.1801	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Thunderer Class (1781)	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Sir Thomas SladeBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1744-1783	BWAS-1714
Constructor	John PerryBritish Ship Builder Service 1775-1810	BWAS-1714
Category	Third Rate	BWAS-1714
National Rate	Premier Rang	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	1824	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck170' 10"Imperial Feet51.816
Length of Keel140' 0"Imperial Feet42.672
Breadth47' 6 ¾"Imperial Feet14.3447
Depth in Hold20' 0"Imperial Feet6.096
Burthen1,684 ⁵⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
13.6.1803 - 10.6.1804Capitaine de Vaisseau0021804Capitaine de VaisseauE-WIKI1805Capitaine de Vaisseauref:6311809Capitaine de VaisseauW005

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
2.1807 - 4.1807Aspirant, in charge of the signalsFWIKI

Service History

DateEventSource
3.1802Began refitting at Toulon - Provence E-WIKI
6.1802Completed refitting at Toulon - Provence E-WIKI
5.1807Escape of the Spartan
1809refitting at Toulon - Provence E-WIKI
1.1821Refitted as a Unrated Hulk

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

002Thierry Pouliquen, Web Site

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

W005William James, Digital Book

ref:631 Web Site

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