French flûte 'Le Resolution' (1782)

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Le Resolution
Nominal Guns	16	NNF-1774
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Previously	British survey vessel 'Resolution' (1771) (12) 1771-1782 British 12 Gun Unrated Survey Vessel 1771 Renamed "Resolution"
Captured	10.6.1782	NNF-1774
Shipyard	Whitby - Yorkshire	BWAS-1714
Category	Unrated	NNF-1774
Ship Type	Flûte	NNF-1774
Sold	1783	NNF-1774

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Length of Gundeck104' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)33.7792 (110′ 9″ Imperial)
Breadth28' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)9.1147 (29′ 10″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold12' 4"French Feet (Pied du Roi)3.9517 (12′ 11″ Imperial)
Burthenc400Ton

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

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