French Fifth Rate frigate 'L'Aquilon' (1733)

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L'Aquilon

11304
Nominal Guns42NNF-1715
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorMarine Royale
Keel Laid Down1731NNF-1715
Launched24.11.1733NNF-1715
First Commissioned4.1734NNF-1715
How acquiredPurpose builtNNF-1715
ShipyardToulon - Provence NNF-1715
Constructor
Rene-Nicolas Levasseur (Seigneur de St-Armand)French
Ship Builder
Administrator
Marine
Service 1707-1784
ref:631
CategoryFifth RateNNF-1715
National RateTroisième RangNNF-1715
Ship TypeFrigate (Frégate-Vaisseau de 1er Ordre)ref:690
Sailing RigShip RiggedNNF-1715
Sunk in Action14.5.1757NNF-1715

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck127'French Feet (Pied du Roi)41.2566 (135′ 4″ Imperial)
Breadth35'French Feet (Pied du Roi)11.3951 (37′ 4″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold17'French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.5487 (18′ 2″ Imperial)
Burthen660Ton 

Armament


4.1734Broadside Weight = 192 French Livre (207.2064 lbs 93.984 kg)NNF-1715
Lower Gun Deck22 French 12-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
4.17343099 officers, 300 menNNF-1715

6 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1733 - 1735Capitaine de Vaisseau
Charles-Antoine d'Albert du Chaine (2nd Marquis d'Albert du Chesne)French
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1748
FWIKI1741 - 24.7.1741Capitaine de Vaisseau
de PardaillanFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1741
†TRN31744Capitaine de Vaisseau
Louis-Philippe Rigaud de VaudreuilFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1698-1753
ref:67313.9.1744 - 6.1.1746Lieutenant de Vaisseau
Charles de Courbon (Comte de Blenac)French
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1725-1764
ref:17551750 - 1751Capitaine de Vaisseau
Joseph Aymar de RoquefeuilFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1782
FWIKI1756Capitaine de Vaisseau
Hippolyte Bernard Bidé de Maurville (Seigneur de la Funelière)French
Naval Sailor
Service 1713-1775
TGM

1 Warrant Officer


DatesRankNameSource
1754Enseigne de Vaisseau
François Denis de Keredern de Trobriand (Comte de Trobriand)French
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1780
ref:631

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
29.4.1742 - 27.1.1744Garde de la Marine
Joseph Bernard de Chabert-CogolinFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1803
Transferedref:1275

Service History


DateEventSource

1735

Campaign to the Levant .

ref:673
24.7.1741Action of 1741-07-24
10.2.1743/44Battle of Toulon
5.1754Docked at Louisbourg ref:631
17.5.1756Action of 17th May 1756
14.5.1757l'Aquilon vs Antelope


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
18.7.1746-30.11.1746Convoy for the Windward Islands 1746
Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc (Comte Dubois de la Motte)French
Naval Sailor
Service 1698-1764
 
4.1755-1755Fleet for Louisbourg 1755  
 
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