French ship St Ann (1755)

St Ann was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1755.[1] She was captured by the Royal Navy on 25 May 1761, and commissioned as the third rate HMS St Ann.[1]

History
France
Name: St Ann
Launched: 1759 at Genoa
Acquired: February 1760 at Lisbon
Captured: 25 May 1761, by Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name: St Ann
Acquired: 23 December 1761
Commissioned: February 1762
Decommissioned: 21 October 1784
In service:
  • 1762–1763
  • 1775–1784
Out of service: 1763–1775
Fate: Sold, 1784
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 64-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1407​50⁄94 bm
Length:
  • 165 ft 0 in (50.29 m) (gundeck)
  • 136 ft 2 in (41.50 m) (keel)
Beam: 44 ft 1 in (13.44 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 7.5 in (6.0 m)
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 64 guns, comprising:
  • Lower deck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 9-pounder guns
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounder guns

St Ann was sold out of the Navy in 1784.[1]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1. p178.

References
  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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