French Merchant east indiaman 'L'Hercule' (1739)

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L'Hercule
Nominal Guns	48	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Compagnie des Indes
Keel Laid Down	1739	NNF-1715
Acquired	10.10.1739	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	3.1740	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Lorient - Brittany	NNF-1715
Ship Class	Jason Class (1739)	NNF-1715
Constructor	Gilles CambryFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1739-1777	NNF-1715
Category	Merchant	NNF-1715
Ship Type	East Indiaman	NNF-1715
Captured	24.1.1745	NNF-1715
Becomes	Dutch Merchant east indiaman 'Toevalligheid' (1745) (Unknown) 1745 Dutch Unknown Gun Merchant East Indiaman

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck128' 9"French Feet (Pied du Roi)41.5831 (136′ 5″ Imperial)
Length of Keel109' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)35.4032 (116′ 1″ Imperial)
Breadth34' 3"French Feet (Pied du Roi)11.0635 (36′ 3″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold14' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)4.5878 (15′ 0″ Imperial)
Displacementc1,250Ton
Burthen700Ton

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1.17451489 officers and 139 crewBWAS-1714

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
9.1.1744 - 4.2.1745Capitaine de Vaisseau , Compagnie des Indesref:1732

Service History

DateEventSource
9.1.1744Sailed from Lorient ref:1731
24.1.1744/45Straits of Banca

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:1731 Web Site

ref:1732 Web Site

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