Code - NPA05

£3.50  

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Class - 42

Description - BONHOMME RICHARD Laid down as an East Endiaman 1765 and completed 1766 as Duc de Duras. Sister ship:- Duc de Penthièvre. Bertin and Duc de Choiseul similiar. Purchased by the French crown as a command for US Naval Captain John Paul Jones. Rebuilt and rearmed as the model Fought and sank HMS Seraphis 23 - 9-1779 but sank herself from damage sustained 25-9-1779. Tonnage 900 French tons. = c.990 tons Dimensions: 145' x 36'' x 17 ½ ' Armament 6 x 18 pdr, 28 x 12 pdr, 4 x 1pdr swivels 8 x 8 pdr (2 removed 7/17