Saint Louis (1752 ship)
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Saint Louis was a French East Indiaman, launched on 27 July 1752. She served in the Indian Ocean where she participated in three battles and at least one single-ship action. In 1768, she became a careening hulk in Lorient.[1]
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France | |
Name | Saint Louis |
Namesake | Louis IX of France |
Builder | Lorient, plans by Nicolas Lévèque[1] |
Laid down | July 1751[1] |
Launched | 27 July 1752 [1] |
Commissioned | January 1753 |
Fate | Hulked in June 1768; sold to the French Royal Navy in April 1779 |
General characteristics | |
Type | East Indiaman |
Displacement | 2100 tons (French) |
Tons burthen | 1100 (French; "of load") |
Length | 145' (keel 130')[1][Note 1] |
Beam | 40' [1] |
Draught | 17' [1] |
Propulsion | Sail |
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Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
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