Name Utile Builder Bordeaux In service 18 October 1764 Construction started May 1763 Length 51 m Draft 6.3 m | Namesake "Useful" Laid down May 1763 Out of service 1771 Launched 11 August 1745 Weight 1,100 tons Beam 14 m | |
The Utile was a 56-gun Bordelois-class ship of the line of the French Navy. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the States of Flander, and built by engineer Léon Guignace on a design by Antoine Groignard. Completed too late to serve in the Seven Years' War, she served in the Mediterranean before becoming a julk in Rochefort.
Career
From April to October 1765, Utile campaigned under Captain Duchaffault against privateers off Morocco. She took part in the 1765 Bombardment of Salé and in the Bombardment of Larache.
From 1772, she was reduced to a hulk in Rochfort and used as a masting machine. She was eventually broken up around 1793.
References
French ship Utile (1764) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA