French ship Éveillé (1752) explained

Éveillé was a 2-deck 64-gun ship of the French Navy, laid down by A. Groignard in 1751 and launched at Rochefort in 1752. She was part of a naval shipbuilding boom between the end of the War of the Austrian Succession in 1748 and the start of the Seven Years' War in 1755. She took part in several battles before being paid off in 1771.^[1]

Career

In 1762, Éveillé was a Newfoundland under Captain Monteil.

References

• Book: Contenson . Ludovic . Ludovic de Contenson. La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783) . 1934 . éditions Auguste Picard . Paris. 7842336.
• Book: Demerliac, Alain. La Marine de Louis XVI: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792. 1996. Éditions Ancre . French . 9782906381230 . 468324725 .
• Book: Lacour-Gayet, Georges. Georges Lacour-Gayet

. Georges Lacour-Gayet. La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI . 1905 . Honoré Champion . Paris . 763372623 .

• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel. 2005. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 978-2-9525917-0-6. 165892922. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 1. (1671-1870)

External links

• French Third Rate ship of the line Eveillé (1752) on Three Decks – Warships in the Age of Sail
• Vaisseaux de ligne français de 1682 à 1780, list by Ronald Deschênes on agh

Notes and References

1. Roche, p.189