French Navy
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Marine Royale
Personnel
Commissariat de la Marine (Admiralty Board)
Officers
Marine Artillery Officers
Apprentice Cannoneers
Bombardiers de la Marine
Compagnies Franches de la Marine
Colonial Compagnies Franches de la Marine
Hallwyl (a Swiss regiment)
Canonniers-Bombardiers de la Marine
The three latter units were deployed in North America and in the West Indies. For more details, see our article on the deployment of the Troupes de la Marine during the Seven Years' War.
Equipment
Generalities about Flags
French Naval Guns and the French Artillery in Canada
Ships of the Line
First Rate
Le Duc-de-Bourgogne (80)
Le Formidable (80)
Le Foudroyant (80)
L'Océan (80)
L'Orient (80)
Le Royal-Louis (116)
Le Soleil-Royal (84)
Le Tonnant (80)
Second Rate
L'Algonquin (72) Le Centaure (74) |
Le Florissant (74) Le Glorieux (74) |
Le Protecteur (74) Le Prudent (74) |
Third Rate
L'Achille (64) L'Actif (64) |
Le Célèbre (64) Le Comte d'Artois (64) |
L'Inflexible (64) Le Léopard (62) |
Le Raisonnable (64) Le Sage (64) |
Fourth Rate
L'Aigle (50) L'Alcyon (50) |
L'Argonaute (46) Le Caribou (52) |
L'Hippopotame (50) L'Inon ??? (50) |
Frigates
L'Abénaquise (38) L'Aigrette (32) |
La Chèvre (22) La Chimère (30) |
La Friponne (24) La Gracieuse (24) |
La Pie (18) La Pléiade (24) |
Compagnie des Indes
Ships of the Line
Le Centaure (70)
Le Bien-Aimé (68)
Le Comte-de-Provence (68)
Le Duc-de-Bourgogne (64)
Le Duc d'Aquitaine (64)
Le Fortuné (58)
Le Vengeur (60)
Le Saint-Louis (54)
Le Duc d'Orléans (54)
Le Moras (44)
Le Condé (44)
Frigates
La Chimère (36)
La Sylphide (36)
L'Apollon (30)
Le Philibert (30)
La Diligente (24)
La Thétis (22)
Le Vigilent (20)
Le Dartmouth (18)
La Modeste (18)
References
Martin, Benjamin: The general magazine of arts and sciences, London, 1755