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>I have posted the English ships at > ><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://3decks.pbworks.com/First-Battle-of-Schoone >veld">http://3decks.pbworks.com/First-Battle-of-Schoone >veld</a> > >Now all we need are the Dutch? > >cy > >>>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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