Talk:French ship Droits de l'Homme (1794)

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[edit] Ship's complement

One item springs to mind, were there really only 3 officers? The usual number for a British ship of the same size would be about 6 or 7 commissioned officers plus a number of senior warrant officers, the officers of Marines, plus petty officers etc. I know France is egalitarian but who stands the watches? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dabbler (talk • contribs) 15:06, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

It sounds to me like 3 is the number of officers ranking "capitaine". I seem to recall that you'd have a capitaine de vaisseau in command, a capitaine de frégate for first officer and a capitaine de corvette or frégate as second officer, plus the complement of lieutenants and ensigns that you can imagine. I'll try to find sources on this. Rama 15:41, 16 November 2007 (UTC)