History | |
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France | |
Name | Bourbon |
Ordered | 19 June 1692 (contract) |
Builder | Toulon arsenal |
Laid down | June 1692 |
Launched | 17 November 1692 |
Commissioned | February 1693 |
Fate | Captured at Battle of Vigo in October 1702 and burnt |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 1,200 |
Length | 140 French feet [a] |
Beam | 38 French feet 4 inches |
Draught | 20-24½ French feet |
Depth of hold | 18 French feet |
Complement | 450 men (350 in peacetime), + 8 officers |
Armament | 68 guns |
Bourbon was a second rank two-decker ship of the line of the French Royal Navy. She was armed with 68 guns, comprising twenty-six 24-pounder guns on the lower deck and twenty-eight 12-pounder guns on the upper deck, with eight 6-pounder guns on the quarterdeck and six 6-pounder guns on the forecastle.
Designed and built by François Coulomb, she was begun at Toulon arsenal in June 1692 as one of the replacements for the ships destroyed by an English attack at La Hougue in June 1692. She was launched in November 1692 and completed in February 1693.
Bourbon was captured by the Dutch De Zeven Provinciën at the attack on Vigo in October 1702, and burnt by them a week later.
History | |
---|---|
France | |
Name | Bourbon |
Ordered | 19 June 1692 (contract) |
Builder | Toulon arsenal |
Laid down | June 1692 |
Launched | 17 November 1692 |
Commissioned | February 1693 |
Fate | Captured at Battle of Vigo in October 1702 and burnt |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 1,200 |
Length | 140 French feet [a] |
Beam | 38 French feet 4 inches |
Draught | 20-24½ French feet |
Depth of hold | 18 French feet |
Complement | 450 men (350 in peacetime), + 8 officers |
Armament | 68 guns |
Bourbon was a second rank two-decker ship of the line of the French Royal Navy. She was armed with 68 guns, comprising twenty-six 24-pounder guns on the lower deck and twenty-eight 12-pounder guns on the upper deck, with eight 6-pounder guns on the quarterdeck and six 6-pounder guns on the forecastle.
Designed and built by François Coulomb, she was begun at Toulon arsenal in June 1692 as one of the replacements for the ships destroyed by an English attack at La Hougue in June 1692. She was launched in November 1692 and completed in February 1693.
Bourbon was captured by the Dutch De Zeven Provinciën at the attack on Vigo in October 1702, and burnt by them a week later.