French Fifth Rate frigate 'L'Indiscrète' (1767)

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L'Indiscrète
Nominal Guns	34	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	3.1766	NNF-1715
Acquired	14.3.1767	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	8.1767	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Indret - Nantes	NNF-1715
Ship Class	Indiscrète Class (1767)	NNF-1715
Designed by	Jean-Hyacinthe RaffeauFrench Ship Builder	NNF-1715
Constructor	Jean-Hyacinthe RaffeauFrench Ship Builder	NNF-1715
Category	Fifth Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Quatrième Rang	NNF-1715
Ship Type	Frigate	NNF-1715
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1715
Condemned	3.1784	NNF-1715

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck130'French Feet (Pied du Roi)42.224 (138′ 6″ Imperial)
Breadth33'French Feet (Pied du Roi)10.7455 (35′ 3″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold16' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.2239 (17′ 1″ Imperial)
Burthen600Ton

Armament

8.1767Broadside Weight = 186 French Livre (200.7312 lbs 91.047 kg)NNF-1715
Upper Gun Deck28 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle6 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
8.17672577 officers, 250 menNNF-1715

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1767Brigadier des Armées Navalesref:6731776Lieutenant de VaisseauE-WIKI

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1776 - 1777Enseigne de Vaisseauref:673

Service History

DateEventSource
1776

Sail to Saint-Domingue .

E-WIKI
4.1780Refitted as a Unrated Flûte

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:673 Web Site

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