HMS St Florentine (1759)
| History | |
|---|---|
 France
| |
| Name: | St Florentine |
| Commissioned: | April 1758 |
| Out of service: | April 1759 |
| Captured: | 4 April 1759, by Royal Navy |
 Great Britain
| |
| Name: | HMS St Florentine |
| Acquired: | 4 April 1759 |
| Commissioned: | September 1759 |
| Decommissioned: | May 1771 |
| In service: | 1759-1771 |
| Fate: | Sunk as breakwater, 1771 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 110870⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: | 147 ft 9 1⁄2 in (45.0 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 41 ft 7 in (12.67 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 17 ft 10 in (5.44 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 420 |
| Armament: |
|
St Florentine was a 60-gun coast guard vessel in service in support of the French Navy during the early days of the Seven Years' War, before being captured by Britain in 1759 and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS St Florentine.
Surplus to Navy requirements by 1771, St Florentine was decommissioned and sunk as a breakwater off the port of Sheerness.
See also
Notes
- ↑ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1. p178.
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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 24, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.