Lys-class ship of the line
Appearance
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Class overview | |
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Name | Lys class |
Operators | French Navy |
In service | 10 September 1746 – 1762 |
Completed | 3 |
Lost | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ship of the line |
Tonnage | 1,100 t |
Length |
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Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Depth of hold | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
Armament |
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The Lys-class ships of the line were a series of three 64-gun third-rate ships of the line, designed for the French Navy by Jacques-Luc Coulomb.[1][2]
Ships
[edit]- Builder: Brest Dockyard
- Ordered: January 1745
- Launched: 10 September 1746
- Fate: Captured, 1755
- Builder: Brest Dockyard
- Ordered: January 1745
- Launched: March 1747
- Fate: Captured, 1747
- Builder: Brest Dockyard
- Ordered: January 1745
- Launched: 16 September 1747
- Fate: Foundered, 1762
References
[edit]- ^ "French Lys Class". threedecks.org. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ Rif Winfield & Stephen S Roberts: French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626–1786.