Capture of Alcide near Louisbourg |
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| Career (France) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Alcide |
| Ordered: | October 1741 |
| Builder: | Brest Naval Dockyard |
| Laid down: | March 1742 |
| Launched: | 6 December 1743 |
| Commissioned: | 1744 |
| Captured: | 8 June 1755, by Royal Navy |
| Career (Great Britain) | |
| Name: | HMS Alcide |
| Acquired: | 8 June 1755 |
| Fate: | Sold, 1772 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | 64-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1373.8 tons (1397.1 tonnes) |
| Length: | 159 ft (48 m) (gundeck); 128 ft 4.5 in (39.129 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 44 ft 10.25 in (13.6716 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 18 ft 2.375 in (5.54673 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 64 guns of various weights of shot |
Alcide was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1742. The captain of the vessel was Toussaint Hocquart, for the re-enforcement campaign that was sent to Canada in May 1755.
On 8 June 1755, Alcide was captured by HMS Dunkirk and HMS Torbay of Vice-Admiral Edward Boscawen's squadron, and commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1757 as the Third rate HMS Alcide.
HMS Alcide was sold out of the navy in May 1772.