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Folios 264-265. A list of French [navy] vessels 'for the army', listing 88 ships...

Catalogue reference: SP 8/14/100

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This record is about the Folios 264-265. A list of French [navy] vessels 'for the army', listing 88 ships... dating from 1693 in the series King William's Chest. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 8/14/100
Date
1693
Description

Folios 264-265. A list of French [navy] vessels 'for the army', listing 88 ships of the line, with the numbers of their cannon. Also listed are: 87 other vessels, including frigates, bomb vessels and flutes; seven vessels in the Levant squadron; 15 fire vessels. There are two unseaworthy vessels, and others which can be refitted, lying at Toulon, Brest, Port Louis, Rochefort, Le Havre, Dunkirk, and Bayonne.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19239710/

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