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Thursday, 30 November 2017

French galley Palme 1690-1713 or 1722

Part of the Ponant-fleet (1) , launched at Rochefort, France in 1690, sold in 1713 or last mentioned in 1722, dimensions 142 (stem-sternpost) x 18 (on waterline) x ? feet

Note
1. The so-called Flotte du France existing between 1669-1792 was responsible to operate in the English Channel, on the Atlantic Ocean and in the Americas (French West Indies and New France. The so-called Levant Fleet which was her counterpart was stationed in the Mediterranean.

Sources
Pierre le Conte. List of men-of-war part II 1650-1700, 1935.
J. Vichot. Repertoire des navires de guerre français. Paris, 1967.