French Fifth Rate frigate 'Le Duc de Chaulnes' (1694)

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Le Duc de Chaulnes
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1603
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Previously	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Scarborough' (1694) (32) 1694-1694 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Captured	18.7.1694	BWAS-1603
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	BWAS-1603
Shipyard	Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich	B028
Ship Class	1693 Program 32-Gunner (1693)	B028
Constructor	Joseph LawrenceBritish Designer Ship Builder	BWAS-1603
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1603
National Rate	Quatrième Rang
Ship Type	Frigate
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Captured	15.2.1696	BWAS-1603
Becomes	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Milford' (1697) (32) 1697-1705 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck104' 10"Imperial Feet31.6992
Length of Keel84' 5"Imperial Feet25.635
Breadth28' 10 ½"Imperial Feet8.5471
Depth in Hold11' 7"Imperial Feet3.5306
Burthen374 ³⁵⁄₉₄Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen300French Tonneaux293.7

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1695/11 - 1696/02/15 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
11.169599 ref:692

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
11.1695 - 15.2.1696Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1695Took the Merchant ref:1585
11.1695

Build value : 46500 Livres Tournois

ref:692
7.11.1695Took the Merchantman ref:1585
15.2.1696Taken by BWAS-1603

Notes on Ship

Date changedref:1585

to the month of the first prize of Doublet

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

ref:1585 Web Site

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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