French Fifth Rate ship 'L'Espérance en Dieu' (1627)

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L'Espérance en Dieu ➡ 1628 Espérance
Nominal Guns	24	NNF-1610
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Acquired	1627	NNF-1610
Shipyard	Brouage - Aquitaine	NNF-1610
Category	Fifth Rate	NNF-1610
Ship Type	Ship	NNF-1610
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1610
Condemned	1654	NNF-1610

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1610
Burthen300Ton

Armament

1627Broadside Weight UnknownNNF-1610
Gun Deck24 French Canons de Fonte
Gun Deck16 French Canons de Fer

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1627125 NNF-1610
1638100 FWIKI

11 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
5.1627 - 1628Capitaine de VaisseauNNF-16105.1628 - 1629Capitaine de VaisseauNNF-16105.1629 - 1629Capitaine de VaisseauNNF-16104.1632 - 7.1632Capitaine de VaisseauNNF-16107.1632 - 1635Capitaine de VaisseauNNF-16104.1635 - 9.1635Capitaine de VaisseauNNF-16101.1636 - 1636Capitaine de VaisseauNNF-16101637 - 12.1637Capitaine de VaisseauNNF-16101638Capitaine de VaisseauNNF-16101639Capitaine de VaisseauNNF-16101640Capitaine de Vaisseauref:771

Service History

DateEventSource
1628Renamed EspéranceNNF-1610
24.3.1637Battle of the Lérins Islands
22.8.1638Battle of Guetaria
22.7.1640Battle of Cádiz
11.1640Refitted as a 24 gun Sixth Rate Fireship

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1610Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:771Charles de la Roncière, Digital Book

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