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Watercolour portrait of sister-ship Flamand, by François Roux, commissioned by Willaumez
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameUtile
Namesake"Useful"
BuilderBordeaux [1]
Laid downMay 1763 [1]
Launched11 August 1745 [1]
In service18 October 1764 [1]
Out of service1771 [1]
FateBroken up 1793
General characteristics
Displacement1100 tonnes [1]
Length50.7 metres [1]
Beam13.8 metres [1]
Draught6.3 metres [1]
PropulsionSail, full-rigged ship
Complement560 men [1]
Armament
ArmourTimber

The Utile was a 56-gun Bordelois-class ship of the line of the French Navy. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the States of Flander, and built by engineer Léon Guignace on a design by Antoine Groignard. Completed too late to serve in the Seven Years' War, she served in the Mediterranean before becoming a junk in Rochefort. [1]

Career

From April to October 1765, Utile campaigned under Captain Duchaffault against privateers off Morocco. She took part in the 1765 Bombardment of Salé and in the Bombardment of Larache. [1]

From 1772, she was reduced to a hulk in Rochfort and used as a masting machine. She was eventually broken up around 1793. [1]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 453. ISBN  978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC  165892922.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Watercolour portrait of sister-ship Flamand, by François Roux, commissioned by Willaumez
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameUtile
Namesake"Useful"
BuilderBordeaux [1]
Laid downMay 1763 [1]
Launched11 August 1745 [1]
In service18 October 1764 [1]
Out of service1771 [1]
FateBroken up 1793
General characteristics
Displacement1100 tonnes [1]
Length50.7 metres [1]
Beam13.8 metres [1]
Draught6.3 metres [1]
PropulsionSail, full-rigged ship
Complement560 men [1]
Armament
ArmourTimber

The Utile was a 56-gun Bordelois-class ship of the line of the French Navy. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the States of Flander, and built by engineer Léon Guignace on a design by Antoine Groignard. Completed too late to serve in the Seven Years' War, she served in the Mediterranean before becoming a junk in Rochefort. [1]

Career

From April to October 1765, Utile campaigned under Captain Duchaffault against privateers off Morocco. She took part in the 1765 Bombardment of Salé and in the Bombardment of Larache. [1]

From 1772, she was reduced to a hulk in Rochfort and used as a masting machine. She was eventually broken up around 1793. [1]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 453. ISBN  978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC  165892922.



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