French ship St Ann (1755)

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Career (France) French Royal Navy Ensign
Name: St Ann
Launched: 1755
Captured: 25 May 1761, by Royal Navy
Career (Great Britain) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS St Ann
Acquired: 25 May 1761
Fate: Sold, 1784
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 64-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1407 tons (1427.6 tonnes)
Length: 165 ft (50 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 44 ft 1 in (13.4 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 7½ in (6.0 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 64 guns of various weights of shot

St Ann was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1755.

She was captured by the Royal Navy on 25 May 1761, and commissioned as the third rate HMS St Ann.

St Ann was sold out of the navy in 1784.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1. p178.

[edit] 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.