Venetian Third Rate ship of the line 'Giove Fulminante' (1667)

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Giove Fulminante
Nominal Guns	62	W006
Nationality	Venice
Operator	State Navy
Ordered	22.3.1666	ref:610
Keel Laid Down	12.1666	ref:610
Launched	23.11.1667	B015
First Commissioned	3.1668	W006
How acquired	Purpose built	B015
Shipyard	Venice	B015
Ship Class	Giove Fulminante Class (1666)
Constructor	Paolo di Ottavio CorsoVenetian Ship Builder	B015
Category	Third Rate	W006
National Rate	Primo Rango
Ship Type	Ship of the Line
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Broken Up	4.10.1693	B015

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:617
Length of Gundeck131.25Venetian Piedi45.5487 (149′ 5″ Imperial)
Length of Keel112.00Venetian Piedi38.9424 (127′ 9″ Imperial)
Breadth38.00Venetian Piedi13.2126 (43′ 4″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold17.5Venetian Piedi5.9109 (19′ 4″ Imperial)

Armament

23.11.1667Broadside Weight = 530 Venetian Libbre Sottili (357.968 lbs 165.4906 kg)ref:617
Lower Gun Deck22 Venetian 20-Pounder
Lower Gun Deck6 Venetian 20-Pounder Culverin
Upper Gun Deck28 Venetian 14-Pounder Culverin
Upper Gun Deck12 Venetian 3-Pound Patero
Quarterdeck6 Venetian 12-Pounder Aspide

Service History

DateEventSource
1680Refitted as a 60 gun First Rate

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B015C. A. Levi, Digital Book

W006Teemu Koivumaki, Web Site

ref:610 Web Site

ref:617Gruppo Modellistico Trentino di Studio e recerca storica, Book

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