French ship Hippopotame (1749)
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Hippopotame was a 50-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by François Coulomb the Younger. She served during the Seven Years' War. In 1777, Pierre Beaumarchais purchased her as part of a commercial entreprise to provide weapons of the American independentist insurgents. She was part of the French line of battle at the Battle of Grenada on 6 July 1779, and served as a hospital during the Siege of Savannah.
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Hippopotame |
Namesake | Hippopotamus |
Ordered | 18 December 1747[1] |
Builder | Toulon[1] |
Laid down | February 1748[1] |
Launched | 5 July 1749[1] |
Decommissioned | April 1777[1] |
In service | 1750[1] |
France | |
Name | Fier Rodrigue |
France | |
Name | Fier Rodrigue |
Fate | Broken up 1784 |
France | |
Name | Fier Rodrigue |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 1030 tonnes |
Length | 46.0 metres |
Beam | 12.5 metres |
Draught | 6.3 metres |
Propulsion | Sail |
Complement | 450 men |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
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