French Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Le Fendant' (1672)

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Le Fendant
Nominal Guns	54	NNF-1661
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	1670	NNF-1661
Launched	29.8.1672	NNF-1661
First Commissioned	3.1676	NNF-1661
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1661
Shipyard	Bayonne - Aquitaine	NNF-1661
Constructor	Joseph SaboulinFrench Ship Builder Service 1669	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
Last known	2.1702	NNF-1661

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1661
Length of Gundeck122' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)39.6256 (130′ 0″ Imperial)
Length of Keel100' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)32.48 (106′ 6″ Imperial)
Breadth36' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)11.6928 (38′ 4″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold17' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.5448 (18′ 2″ Imperial)
Burthen881Ton

Armament

1692Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck54 French Canons de Fer

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
3.1675/76300 NNF-1661

5 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1676 - 1677Capitaine de Vaisseauref:6871683Capitaine de Vaisseauref:6871689Capitaine de Vaisseauref:6871690Capitaine de Vaisseauref:6871692 - 1694Capitaine de Frégate Légère, as captain corsairref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
3.3.16771st Battle of Tobago
1.5.1689Battle of Bantry Bay
30.6.1690Battle of Beachy Head
1692

Homeport : Indes Orientales

ref:692
1692

from 1692 to 1694 , took the ships "Samuel" and "Elisabeth"

ref:692
4.1694Refitted as a Other Vessels Hulk

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1661Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:687Philippe de Vilette-Mursay, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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