'Le Gloire' Frigate 1707 (With Plans)

[Isink A Lot]

I started this for POTBS a long time ago and got to this point before user content came to an end.

 

Plan

 

She was a demi-batterie of 38 guns. French demi-batterie ships were designed specifically for commerce raiding and were larger than their British counterparts.

 

Info from the treedecks.org website

 

Nominal Guns 38 W033 

Nationality France W033 

Operator Marine Nationale W033 

Keel Laid Down 1707/01 W033 

Acquired 1707/04/18 W033 

Shipyard Lorient W033 

Designed by Laurent Helie W033

Category Fifth Rate W033 

National Rate Quatrième Rang W033 

Ship Type Demi-Batterie W033 

Captured 1709/05/14 W033 Becomes British fifth rate frigate 'Sweepstakes' (1709) W033

 

Dimensions Dimension Measurement Type Metric Equivalent W033 

Length of Gundeck 120' 0" French Feet (Pied du Roi) 38.976

Breadth 32' 0" French Feet (Pied du Roi) 10.3936

Depth in Hold 13' 6" French Feet (Pied du Roi) 4.3848

 

Armament 1707  

Broadside Weight = 164 French Livre (176.956 lbs 80.278 kg) W033 

Lower Gun Deck 10 French 12-Pounder

Upper Gun Deck 24 French 8-Pounder

Quarterdeck 4 French 4-Pounder

 

Service History

Date Event Source 

1707/10/10 Battle of the Lizard   

1709/04/24 Taken by Chester   

1709/05/14 Taken by Chester BWAS-1603



Sources ID Description Author Type W033 Vaisseaux de Ligne Francais de 1682 a 1767 

Ronald Deschenes Web Site BWAS-1603 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714 Rif Winfield Book 



[Malachi]

Now that´s a model I haven´t seen for a long time.  A pity the old PotBS shipyard forum is no longer accessible, I really enjoyed your build logs.

You had one about the Astrée of 1728, too, if I remember correctly?

[Henrik]

Beautiful indeed!