French ship St Ann (1755)

St Ann was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1755.[1] She was captured by the Royal Navy on 25 May 1761, and commissioned as the third rate HMS St Ann.[1]

History
France
Name:	St Ann
Launched:	1759 at Genoa
Acquired:	February 1760 at Lisbon
Captured:	25 May 1761, by Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name:	St Ann
Acquired:	23 December 1761
Commissioned:	February 1762
Decommissioned:	21 October 1784
In service:	1762–1763 1775–1784
Out of service:	1763–1775
Fate:	Sold, 1784
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:	64-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1407​^50⁄94 bm
Length:	165 ft 0 in (50.29 m) (gundeck) 136 ft 2 in (41.50 m) (keel)
Beam:	44 ft 1 in (13.44 m)
Depth of hold:	19 ft 7.5 in (6.0 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	64 guns, comprising: Lower deck: 26 × 24-pounder guns Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 8 × 9-pounder guns Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounder guns

St Ann was sold out of the Navy in 1784.[1]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1. p178.

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.