French First Rate ship 'Le Galion de Guise' (1620)

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Le Galion de Guise	17670
Nominal Guns	58	FWIKI
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Ordered	29.5.1618	NNF-1610
Keel Laid Down	12.1619	NNF-1610
Acquired	5.1620	NNF-1610
First Commissioned	7.1621	NNF-1610
Shipyard	Amsterdam - Holland	NNF-1610
Category	First Rate	FWIKI
Ship Type	Ship	NNF-1610
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1610
Sunk in Action	2.7.1642	NNF-1610

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1610
Length of Gundeck134' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)43.5232 (142′ 9″ Imperial)
Length of Keel108' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)35.0784 (115′ 1″ Imperial)
Breadth38' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)12.3424 (40′ 5″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold16' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.1968 (17′ 0″ Imperial)

Armament

1642Broadside Weight = 528 French Livre (569.8176 lbs 258.456 kg)NNF-1610
Gun Deck14 French 36-Pounder
Gun Deck2 French 24-Pounder
Gun Deck26 French 18-Pounder
Gun Deck3 French 8-Pounder
Gun Deck3 French 4-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1642540 NNF-1610

7 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1621 - 1622Vice-AmiralNNF-16101622 - 1625Amiral de FranceNNF-16101628Amiral de FranceNNF-16101636Capitaine de VaisseauNNF-16101637 - 1638Vice-AmiralNNF-16101639Capitaine de VaisseauNNF-16101642 - 1.7.1642Capitaine de Vaisseau†NNF-1610

Service History

DateEventSource
1.7.1642Battle of Barcelona

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1610Alain Demerliac, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Pere Izquierdo-Tugas on Wednesday 7th of November 2018 10:56

Hello, Mr. Guise. We are trying to find the shipwreck of the gallion De Guise et Nôtre Damme de la Victoire. Com you contact us at [email protected]?

Posted by regis on Tuesday 24th of October 2017 11:21

The family de Guise is noble and was a pretender to the throne of France against the royal family

Posted by Cy on Monday 23rd of October 2017 22:40

You are directly descended from a ship? Surely not.

Maybe you should elaborate.

Posted by Donald Henry Guise on Monday 23rd of October 2017 21:52

Direct descendent. Family sir name Americanize, dropping the de and shortened to Guise. Settled in Ohio Valley, moved to Miami during the Depression. I live in NC. Served in the U.S. Navy during Vietnam and my son attended the U.S. Naval Academy. A long list of naval history.

Posted by Cy on Thursday 2nd of March 2017 20:40

THe nominal number of guns when built in 1619/20 was 58. THe count of 48 is from a list of 1642. They are both correct.

Posted by Pere Cristofol on Thursday 2nd of March 2017 17:22

The number of guns is 48 instead of 58.

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