French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Résolue' (1778)

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La Résolue
Nominal Guns	32	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	7.1777	NNF-1715
Launched	16.3.1778	NNF-1715
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1715
Shipyard	St Malo - Brittany	NNF-1715
Ship Class	Iphigenie Class (1777)	NNF-1715
Designed by	Leon-Michel GuignaceFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1751-1802	NNF-1715
Category	Fifth Rate	NNF-1715
National Rate	Quatrième Rang	NNF-1715
Ship Type	Frigate	NNF-1715
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1715
Captured	13.10.1798	NNF-1715

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Length of Gundeck136' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)44.1728 (144′ 11″ Imperial)
Length of Keel120' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)38.976 (127′ 10″ Imperial)
Breadth34' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)11.0838 (36′ 4″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold17' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.5448 (18′ 2″ Imperial)
Laden Draught Aft16' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.1968 (17′ 0″ Imperial)
Laden Draught Forward15' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)4.872 (15′ 11″ Imperial)
Displacementc1,150Ton
Burthen620Ton

Armament

16.3.1778Broadside Weight = 174 French Livre (187.7808 lbs 85.173 kg)NNF-1774
Upper Gun Deck26 French 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle6 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
176061Design Complement

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1779Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:631aft.1.1793 - bef.11.1793Capitaine de VaisseauE-WIKI1794 - 3.4.1794Capitaine de VaisseauTRN4

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
11.1796 - 1796Contre-Amiral for the Ireland Expeditionref:631

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
2.1778 - 1778Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:673

Service History

DateEventSource
1779

In Vaudreuil Squadron , attacking St-Louis in Senegal .

Seizes a dozen English Vessels (Gambia , Sierra Leone).

ref:631
17.4.1780Battle of Martinique
11.1791Phoenix vs Resolue
23.4.1794Action of 1794-04-23
12.10.1798Battle of Tory Island
13.10.1798Taken by

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

TRN4William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

ref:631 Web Site

ref:673 Web Site

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