French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Hardi' (1750)

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Le Hardi
Nominal Guns	64	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	1.1748	NNF-1715
Launched	1750	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	4.1751	NNF-1715
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Rochefort Dockyard - Rochefort	NNF-1715
Ship Class	Hardi Class (1748)	NNF-1715
Designed by	Pierre MorineauFrench Designer Ship Builder	NNF-1715
Category	Third Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Second Rang	NNF-1715
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	NNF-1715
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1715
Deleted from list	5.1798	NNF-1715

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1715
Length of Gundeck149'French Feet (Pied du Roi)48.4002 (158′ 9″ Imperial)
Breadth40' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)13.1544 (43′ 1″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold20' 9"French Feet (Pied du Roi)6.7396 (22′ 1″ Imperial)
Burthen1,100Ton

Armament

4.1751Broadside Weight = 510 French Livre (550.392 lbs 249.645 kg)NNF-1715
Lower Gun Deck26 French 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle10 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
4.17515288 officers, 520 menNNF-1715

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1773Capitaine en Secondref:1724

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
27.11.1765 - 10.1766Enseigne de Vaisseauref:673

4 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1757Garde de la MarineFWIKI1765Garde de la MarineFWIKI1765Garde de la MarineFWIKI7.1765 - 27.11.1765Garde de la Marineref:673

Service History

DateEventSource
1757

The mission of the "Hardi" is to go to Martinique , and bring back the Squadron Leader Maximin de Bompar , former Governor General of the Windward Islands .

FWIKI
20.6.17832nd Battle of Cuddalore
1786Refitted as a 64 gun Unrated Prison Ship
1786

Reduced to harbour duties at Toulon

FWAS1786
1788Refitted as a 64 gun Unrated Receiving Ship
1791Refitted as a 64 gun Unrated Prison Ship

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

FWAS1786Stephen S. Roberts, Rif Winfield, Book

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:1724 Archive

ref:673 Web Site

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