The Dutch minister of navy ordered in his letter dated 15 April 1818 that the armament of the 74-gun ships of the line of French design until waterline and further designed by the combined Dutch shipbuilders consisted of 28-36pd guns lower deck, 30-18pd guns upper deck, 16-36pd carronades quarter deck and 2-12pd guns for chasing purposes on the poop. Crew numbered 650 men. Rigging in British manner.(1)
Note
1. Nassau, ship of the line 2nd class, ex-Charlemagne renamed royal order 15 July 1815 no. 55 and minister decision dated 24 July no. 27/500, on stocks at the navy yard at Antwerp, Belgium 1804, launched April 1807, according to treaty handed over to the Netherlands in 1814, departed to the Dutch East Indies on 31 March 1816, rerigged as 32-gun 6th rate 1820, transferred to the Colonial Navy 31 December 1818, broken up 1823, dimensions 54,16 (between perpendiculars) x 14,70 x 6,46 (fore)-7,12 (aft) metres, a displacement of 3.000 tons, sail area 2.327 square metres, an armament of 74 guns and a crew numbering 650 men.
Source
Archive Dutch navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands (Zeeuws Archief, Middelburg) 95.16.
