French Third Rate ship 'L'Éminent' (1647)

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L'Éminent
Nominal Guns	36	FWAS1626
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Previously	Swedish Fourth Rate ship 'Smålands Lejon' (1634) (32) 1634-1647 Swedish 32 Gun 4th Rate Ship	FWAS1626
Purchased	1647	FWAS1626
Shipyard	Västervik	W006
Category	Third Rate	FWAS1626
National Rate	Quatrième Rang
Ship Type	Ship
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Broken Up	1661	FWAS1626

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentFWAS1626
Length of Gundeck117' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)38.0112 (124′ 8″ Imperial)
Breadth30' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)9.744 (31′ 11″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold12' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)3.8976 (12′ 9″ Imperial)
Burthen690Tonneaux

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1647250 FWAS1626

Service History

DateEventSource
21.12.1647Battle of Castellammare

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

FWAS1626Stephen S. Roberts, Rif Winfield, Book

W006Teemu Koivumaki, Web Site

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