French frigate Railleuse (1689)
The Railleuse was an 18-gun frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1689.
1/50th scale model of Railleuse, on display at the Swiss Museum of Transport. | |
History | |
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Name: | Railleuse |
Namesake: | "banteter", "jester" (female form) |
Builder: | Dunkirk[1] |
Launched: | 1683[1] |
Fate: | Destroyed on 5 August 1703[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Frigate |
Displacement: | 169 tonnes [1] |
Length: | 28.6 m (94 ft) [1] |
Beam: | 4.4 m (14 ft) [1] |
Draft: | 3.1 m (10 ft) [1] |
Propulsion: | Sail |
Complement: | 90 |
Armament: | 18 × 6-pounder long guns |
Armour: | timber |
Career
Under Captain Jean Bart, Railleuse ferried François Louis, Prince of Conti to Poland, departing Dunkirk on 6 September 1697 and reaching Gdańsk on the 20th. She then returned him to France on 11 December.
She was destroyed by fire on 5 August 1703, along with Joyeuse, when three English ships of the line attacked the convoy that she was escorting.
Notes and references
Notes
References
- Roche, p.370
Bibliography
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 370. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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