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French ship Ferme (1763)

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Ship of the line of the French Navy For other ships with the same name, see French ship Ferme.
Watercolour portrait of sister-ship Flamand, by François Roux, commissioned by Willaumez
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameFerme
NamesakeFerme générale
BuilderBordeaux
Laid downAugust 1762
Launched10 October 1763
In service20 November 1763
Out of serviceAugust 1774
FateSold to the Ottomans 1774
Ottoman Empire Navy EnsignOttoman Empire
OwnerOttoman Navy
General characteristics
Displacement1,100 tonnes
Length50.7 m (166 ft 4 in)
Beam13.8 m (45 ft 3 in)
Draught6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
PropulsionSail, full-rigged ship
Complement560 men
Armament

Ferme 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 Ferme Générale, and built by engineer Léon Guignace on a design by Antoine Groignard. Complete too late to serve in the Seven Years' War, she was sold to the Ottoman Empire and recommissioned in the Ottoman Navy.

Citations

  1. ^ Roche, p.198

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2017). French warships in the age of sail, 1626-1786: design, construction, careers and fates. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781473893511.


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