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<small>Hierarchical Path: [[Main Page|Seven Years War (Main Page)]] &gt;&gt; [[Navies]] &gt;&gt; [[French Navy]] &gt;&gt; {{PAGENAME}}</small> ==Origin and History== Built by P. Salinoc in 1752 in Brest. Launched in 1754. Commanded by M de Beaussier de l'Isle in 1755. She was striken off of the fleet in 1778. ==Service during the War== In 1755, she took part to the expedition to reinforce Canada and more particularly Louisbourg. For this campaign, she was armed as a "flute", her armament being reduced to 24 guns. She transported 9 companies of Artois Infanterie. ==Characteristics== {| class="tblunout" |+<big>'''Technical specifications'''</big> |- |'''Guns'''||74 {| class="tblunin" |- |'''1st deck'''||28 x 36-pdrs |- |'''2nd deck'''||30 x 18-pdrs |- |'''3rd deck'''||16 x 8-pdrs |} |- |'''Crew'''||''n/a'' |- |'''Length'''||164' (53.27 m) ''in French feet'' |- |'''Width'''|| 44' (14.32 m) |- |'''Depth'''|| 21' (6.85 m) |- |'''Displacement'''||1500 tons |} ==References== Deschênes, Ronald, [http://agh.qc.ca/articles/?id=20 Répertoire des vaisseaux de ligne français 1682-1780] Vial J. L., [http://vial.jean.free.fr/new_npi/ Nec Pluribus Impar] [[Category:French Naval Unit]]

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