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| Class overview |
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| Name | Lys class |
| Operators |  French Navy |
| In service | 10 September 1746 – 1762 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Lost | 2 |
| General characteristics |
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| Type | Ship of the line |
| Tonnage | 1,100 t |
| Length |
- 179 ft (55 m) (gundeck)
- 143 ft 6 in (43.74 m) (keel)
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| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Depth of hold | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Armament |
- 64 guns:
- Lower gundeck: 26 x 24 pdrs
- Upper gundeck: 28 x 12 pdrs
- Quarterdeck: 6 x 6 pdrs
- Forecastle: 4 x 6 pdrs
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The Lys-class ships of the line were a series of three 64-gun third-rate ships of the line, designed for the French Navy by Jacques-Luc Coulomb.[1][2]
Ships
- Builder: Brest Dockyard
- Ordered: January 1745
- Launched: 10 September 1746
- Fate: Captured, 1755
- Builder: Brest Dockyard
- Ordered: January 1745
- Launched: March 1747
- Fate: Captured, 1747
- Builder: Brest Dockyard
- Ordered: January 1745
- Launched: 16 September 1747
- Fate: Foundered, 1762
References
- ^ "French Lys Class". threedecks.org. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ Rif Winfield & Stephen S Roberts: French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626–1786.
