French Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Le Hasardeux' (1699)

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Le Hasardeux
Nominal Guns	50	NNF-1661
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	3.1699	NNF-1661
Launched	8.1699	NNF-1661
First Commissioned	2.1701	NNF-1661
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1661
Shipyard	Lorient - Brittany	NNF-1661
Constructor	Blaise CoulombFrench Ship Builder Service 1688-1731	NNF-1661
Category	Fourth Rate	NNF-1661
National Rate	Troisième Rang	NNF-1661
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	NNF-1661
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1661
Captured	13.11.1703	NNF-1661
Becomes	British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Hazardous' (1703) (54) 1703-1706 British 54 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1661
Length of Gundeck128' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)41.5744 (136′ 4″ Imperial)
Breadth35' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)11.4005 (37′ 4″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold14' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)4.5472 (14′ 11″ Imperial)
Burthen725Ton

Armament

2.1701Broadside Weight = 348 French Livre (375.5616 lbs 170.346 kg)NNF-1661
Lower Gun Deck22 French 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle6 French 6-Pounder

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1703 - 1703/11/13 Principal Managing Ownerref:1586

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
2.1701350 NNF-1661
13.11.1703300 ref:801

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1703 - 13.11.1703Capitaine de Corsaireref:801

Service History

DateEventSource
1703

Loan for privateering

ref:801
13.11.1703Taken by ref:801
13.11.1703Taken by ref:801
13.11.1703Taken by ref:801
17.11.1703Took the Merchant ref:1585

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
1702-1703	Armement Mixte de Levesque de Beaubriant	Jean Levesque de Beaubriant French Naval Sailor Ship Owner Privateer Service 1690-1703

Notes on Ship

Capture ?ref:1585

Capture a ship after ??

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1661Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:1585 Web Site

ref:1586 Thesis

ref:801Charles de la Roncière, Digital Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Brian Shepherd on Friday 12th of April 2019 08:57

After a total review of the accepted history of this ship a revised history has been posted on the Hazardous Project web site.
Regarding construction, the designer/builder was most likely Pierre Coulomb, a nephew of Laurent Coulomb and certainly not Pierre-Blaise, grand-son of Laurent. Pierre worked under, then replaced Laurent at Lorient ('Lorient sous Louis XIV' by H-F Buffet)
le Hasardeux was captured on 13 Nov 1703 (OS) and not 6.

Posted by David Johnston on Thursday 29th of October 2015 21:29

Wrecked (deliberately ran aground, having dragged her anchors off Isle of Wight) in 1706 in Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex, UK. Wreck site protected under UK's Protection of Wrecks Act as of historic and archaeological importance. Long term and ongoing archaeological investigation by volunteer group (internet search Warship Hazardous Prize to locate project web site). Featured in an episode of Channel 4's Wreck Detectives series.

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