Saint Louis (1752 ship)
Pitt engaging St Louis, by Lawson Dunn, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Saint Louis |
| Namesake | Louis IX of France |
| Builder | Lorient, plans by Nicolas Lévèque |
| Laid down | July 1751 |
| Launched | 27 July 1752 |
| Commissioned | January 1753 |
| Fate | Hulked in June 1768; sold to the French Royal Navy in April 1779 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | East Indiaman |
| Displacement | 2100 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | 1100 (French; "of load") |
| Length | 145 French feet (keel 130 French feet) |
| Beam | 40 French feet |
| Draught | 17 French feet |
| Propulsion | Sail |
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| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
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Saint Louis was a French East Indiaman, launched on 27 July 1752. She served in the Indian Ocean where she participated in three battles and at least one single-ship action. In 1768, she became a careening hulk in Lorient.