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HMS Belleisle (1761)

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History
French Royal Navy EnsignFrance
NameBelleisle
Launched1760
Captured3 April 1761, by Royal Navy
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Belleisle
Acquired3 April 1761
FateSold, 1819
General characteristics [1]
Class and type64-gun Third Rate ship of the line
Tons burthen14942694 (bm)
Length168 ft 5+12 in (51.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam45 ft 0+12 in (13.7 m)
Depth of hold20 ft 7 in (6.27 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull rigged ship
Armament64 guns of various weights of shot

Belleisle was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1760.

She was captured by the Royal Navy on 3 April 1761, and commissioned as the Third Rate HMS Belleisle.

Fate

Belleisle was placed on harbour service in 1784, and was sold out of the navy in 1819.

Notes

  1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol.1, p. 178.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.