French frigate Railleuse (1689)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Railleuse.

1/50th scale model of Railleuse, on display at the Swiss Museum of Transport.
History
France
Name	Railleuse
Namesake	"banteter", "jester" (female form)
Builder	Dunkirk [1]
Launched	1689 [1]
Fate	Destroyed on 5 August 1703 [1]
General characteristics
Class & type	Frigate
Displacement	169 tonnes [1]
Length	28.6 m (94 ft) [1]
Beam	4.4 m (14 ft) [1]
Draft	3.1 m (10 ft) [1]
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	90
Armament	18 × 6-pounder long guns
Armour	timber

The Railleuse was an 18-gun frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1689.

Career

Under Captain Jean Bart, Railleuse ferried François Louis, Prince of Conti to Poland, departing Dunkirk on 6 September 1697 and reaching Gdańsk on the 20th. She then returned him to France on 11 December.

She was destroyed by fire on 5 August 1703, along with Joyeuse, when three English ships of the line attacked the convoy that she was escorting.

Citations

1. Roche, p.370

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 370. ISBN   978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC   165892922.