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French ship Utile (1764)

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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