French Fifth Rate frigate 'L'Inconstante' (1766)

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L'Inconstante
Nominal Guns	32	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	6.1765	NNF-1715
Acquired	26.3.1766	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	10.1766	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Le Havre - Normandy	NNF-1715
Ship Class	Infidèle Class (1765)	NNF-1715
Designed by	Jean-Joseph GinouxFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1751-1781	NNF-1715
Constructor	Jean-Joseph GinouxFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1751-1781	NNF-1715
Category	Fifth Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Quatrième Rang	NNF-1715
Ship Type	Frigate	NNF-1715
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1715
Burnt	7.1781	NNF-1715

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck130'French Feet (Pied du Roi)42.224 (138′ 6″ Imperial)
Breadth34'French Feet (Pied du Roi)11.0703 (36′ 3″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold17'French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.5487 (18′ 2″ Imperial)
Burthen600Ton

Armament

10.1766Broadside Weight = 174 French Livre (187.7808 lbs 85.173 kg)NNF-1715
Upper Gun Deck26 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle6 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
10.17662477 officers, 240 menNNF-1715

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1778Lieutenant de VaisseauE-WIKI

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1767Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:673

Service History

DateEventSource
7.1781Accidentally burnt and exploded causing 215 deathsNNF-1715

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:673 Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jean-Didier Gardere on Friday 26th of July 2019 23:26

I am quite sure to have found the wreck of l'Inconstante

Posted by Freddy Van Daele on Monday 28th of December 2015 16:33

= frégate "L'Inconstante" commandant Monsieur de Longueval. Burnt by accident in the galley, stranded on the St Louis Roads reefs (St-Domingo Island) and exploded on July 11th, 1781.

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