French ship Duc d'Aquitaine (1754)

History
France
Name	Duc d'Aquitaine
Owner	Compagnie des Indes
Builder	Nicholas Levasseur, Lorient
Laid down	September 1753
Launched	22 July 1754
Commissioned	January 1755
Captured	30 May 1757
Great Britain
Name	Duc D'Aquitaine
Acquired	30 May 1757
In service	April 1758
Out of service	1 January 1761
Fate	Wrecked
General characteristics
Class and type	East Indiaman (1754-57); Third rate (1758-61);
Displacement	~2,300 tons
Tons burthen	1,358 (bm)
Length	159 ft 5 in (48.59 m) (gundeck); 143 ft 10 in (43.84 m) (keel);
Beam	42 ft 7 in (12.98 m)
Depth of hold	18 ft 1 in (5.51 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	269 (1755); 493 (1757); 590 (1758);
Armament	20 guns (1755); 50 guns (1757); 64 guns (1758);

Duc d'Aquitaine was a 64-gun East Indiaman of the Compagnie des Indes, launched in 1754. On 30 May 1757, she was captured by the Royal Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS Duc D'Aquitaine. She foundered in 1761 and was lost.

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