French ship St Ann (1755)
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Career (France) | |
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Name: | St Ann |
Launched: | 1755 |
Captured: | 25 May 1761, by Royal Navy |
Career (Great Britain) | |
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 |
For other ships with the same name, see French ship St Ann and HMS St Ann.
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
- ^ 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.