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French ship Ferme (1763)

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Watercolour portrait of sister-ship Flamand, by François Roux, commissioned by Willaumez
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameFerme
NamesakeFerme générale
BuilderBordeaux[1]
Laid downAugust 1762[1]
Launched10 October 1763[1]
In service20 November 1763[1]
Out of serviceAugust 1774[1]
FateSold to the Ottomans 1774
Ottoman Empire Navy EnsignOttoman Empire
OwnerOttoman Navy
General characteristics
Displacement1100 tonnes[1]
Length50.7 metres[1]
Beam13.8 metres[1]
Draught6.3 metres[1]
PropulsionSail, full-rigged ship
Complement560 men[1]
Armament
ArmourTimber

The 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.[1] Complete too late to serve in the Seven Years' War, she was sold to the Ottoman Empire and recommissioned in the Ottoman Navy.[1]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 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.