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>>Can anyone help me with a list of the French and >>English Fleet list from the Battles of Schooneveld and >>Texel of 1673? I know some ships and captains, but I >>need guns and crew for each of them. > >French—ship names and guns, some captains, no crew >numbers—from O. Troude, <i>Batailles navales de la >France</i>, I, 134. This is presumably at the >beginning of the campaign; he does not give separate >orders of battle for the various actions. He has the >English, too, but without most of the captains, and I >would not rely on it. Demerliac might have the >establishment crews but that would require looking the >ships up one at a time. I might do that later if I >find the time. > >70 Bon, capitaine ? >50 Bourbon, de Kervin >50 Maure, ? >50 Fortuné, ? >70 Terrible, chef d'escadre (rear admiral) Desardans >70 Illustre, capitaine chevalier¹ de Béthune >50 Duc, chev. de Sepville >50 Grand, Forant >50 Excellent, du Magnon >50 Apollon, de Langeron >70 Invincible, commandeur² d'Estival >58 Tonnant, Preuilly d'Humières >58 Reine, ? >70 Foudroyant, vice-amiral (admiral) comte d'Estrées, >capitaine Louis Gabaret >70 Glorieux, chev. de Valbelle >70 Fier, chev. Dallly >70 Aimable, ? >50 Vaillant, ? >50 Précieux, ? >66 San-Pareil, chev. de Tourville >66 Orgueilleux, chef d'escadre (rear-admiral) marquis >de Grancey³ >70 Conquérant, de Thives >50 Aquilon, ? >50 Prince, marquis d'Amfreville >50 Teméraire, de Larson >50 Sage, ? >50 Oriflamme, de Kerjean > >¹chevalier = "knight," probably a knight of the >Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Malta, like many >French and Spanish naval officers >²not a naval rank, but a "commander" or "bailiff" in >the Knights of Malta >³Troude's footnote: «La liste dressée par >l'ambassadeur de Frnace à Londres place >l'<i>Orgueilleux</i> à la 2e division et la ><i>Terrible</i> à la 3e. La relation donnée par le >chavalier de Valbelle constatant que le chef d'escadre >Desardans commandait l'avant-garde, j'ai placé le >marquis de Grancey à l'arrière-garde.»

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