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FCDI Fortune

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Fortune, 58 Guns

Ship of the Compagnie des Indes

 

Details

NationalityFrench
Laid DownMarch 1756
Launched30 August 1757
RateFourth Rate
ShipyardL'Orient
ConstructorJacques-Luc Coulomb & Joseph-Louis Ollivier
In Service1757
Out ServiceSeptember 1763B057
FateWreckedB057

 

Dimensions

Gun DeckKeelBeamDraughtBurthenSource
156' 0"41' 0"19' 8"1,100

 

Armament

DateCrewGunsLower GundeckUpper GundeckQuarterdeckForecastleB/S WeightSource
17574855826 x 2428 x 124 x 6
7 March 1758458001

 

Flag Officers

Date FromDate toRank/PositionNameSource

 

Commanders

Date FromDate toNameSource
7 March 1758Étienne Lobry001
30 June 1761Pierre-Bernard Tréhouart de Beaulieu001
1 July 176125 September 1763Jean-François de Surville001

 

Officers

Date FromDate ToRank/PositionNameSource

 

Service record

7 March 1758Commissioned at L'Orient for India001
30 June 1761Decommissioned at Ile de France (Mauritius)001
1 July 1761Recommissioned at Ile de France (Mauritius)001
25 September 1763Wrecked in Fish Bay001

 

Actions & Battles

DateSource
10 September 1759Battle of PondicherryB057

 

Notes

 

Sources

001http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Marie_Charles_de_la_BourdonnayeFrench Wikipedia]
B057British Warships In The Age Of Sail 1714-1792Rif Winfield

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