French Fourth Rate ship of the line 'L'Entendu' (1691)

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L'Entendu
Nominal Guns	60	NNF-1661
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	1690	NNF-1661
Launched	2.1691	NNF-1661
First Commissioned	5.1691	NNF-1661
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1661
Shipyard	Dunkerque - Flanders	NNF-1661
Constructor	Jean-Armand LevasseurFrench Designer Ship Builder	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
Deleted from list	1701	NNF-1661

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1661
Length of Gundeck136' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)44.1728 (144′ 11″ Imperial)
Breadth35' 8"French Feet (Pied du Roi)11.4113 (37′ 5″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold16' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.2239 (17′ 1″ Imperial)
Burthen900Ton

Armament

1691Broadside Weight = 426 French Livre (459.7392 lbs 208.527 kg)W033
Lower Gun Deck10 French 24-Pounder
Lower Gun Deck14 French 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle8 French 6-Pounder

1696Broadside Weight Unknownref:1837
Gun Deck60 French Canons de Fer

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1696350 ref:1837

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1692Capitaine de VaisseauFWIKI1694Capitaine de Vaisseauref:687

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1.1692 - 1692Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:673

Service History

DateEventSource
19.5.1692Battle of Barfleur
1696

At Toulon .

ref:1837

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1661Alain Demerliac, Book

W033Ronald Deschenes, Web Site

ref:1837 Digital Book

ref:673 Web Site

ref:687Philippe de Vilette-Mursay, Book

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