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NationalityFrance
Nominal Guns74
Approved1674
Designer
Laurent Hubac (Sieur de Kervalennec)French
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1637-1682
RateSecond Rate
TypeShip of the Line
Designed Crew409
Ships in Class2

Design ArmamentBroadside Weight = 548.00 French Livre (591.40 lbs 268.25 kg)FWAS1626
Lower Gun Deck12 x French 24-Pounder
Lower Gun Deck14 x French 18-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck14 x French 18-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck12 x French 12-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck18 x French 8-Pounder
Roundhouse4 x French 4-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
 OrderedShipyardLaunchedOut of serviceFateGundeck LengthLength of KeelBreadthDepth in holdBurthen
As Designed     143' 6"120' 0"38' 0"18' 0"1,350
Le Constant (74) 1675-1692
French 74 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
1678 Renamed "Triomphant"
UnknownBrest Dockyard - Brest 20.6.16752.6.1692Burnt in Action143' 6"120' 0"38' 0"18' 0"1,350
Le Courtisan (74) 1676-1708
French 74 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
1678 Renamed "Belliqueux"
UnknownBrest Dockyard - Brest 28.6.16761708Broken Up143' 6"120' 0"38' 0"18' 0"1,350

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