French ship Bourbon (1692)

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NameBourbon
Ordered19 June 1692 (contract)
Builder Toulon arsenal
Laid downJune 1692
Launched17 November 1692
CommissionedFebruary 1693
FateCaptured at Battle of Vigo in October 1702 and burnt
General characteristics
Tonnage1,200
Length140 French feet [1]
Beam38 French feet 4 inches
Draught20-24½ French feet
Depth of hold18 French feet
Complement450 men (350 in peacetime), + 8 officers
Armament68 guns

Bourbon was a second rank two-decker ship of the line of the French Royal Navy. She was armed with 68 guns, comprising twenty-six 24-pounder guns on the lower deck and twenty-eight 12-pounder guns on the upper deck, with eight 6-pounder guns on the quarterdeck and six 6-pounder guns on the forecastle.

Designed and built by François Coulomb, she was begun at Toulon arsenal in June 1692 as one of the replacements for the ships destroyed by an English attack at La Hougue in June 1692. She was launched in November 1692 and completed in February 1693.

Bourbon was captured by the Dutch De Zeven Provinciën at the attack on Vigo in October 1702, and burnt by them a week later.

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  1. The French (pre-metric) foot was 6.575% longer than the equivalent English foot.

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