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Re: French Navy Ranks
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lugnet.pirates
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Wed, 27 Mar 2002 01:55:48 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> I'm building up a small French fleet (Napoleonic/Pirate era), and would like
> to have authentic(ish) crew and ranks.
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> The fleet will be commanded by a Capitain de Corvette sailing in a 12 gun
> brig, and the other two ships are a bomb ketch and a sloop-of-war. The three
> 'big' ships will be accompanied by a couple of gunboats.
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> IIRC, the British Navy would have had the ketch and the sloop under the
> command of Lieutenants, and the gunboats under the command of Midshipmen.
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> Did the French Navy have the equivalent of Lieutenants-in-Command? Did they
> have Midshipmen or equivalents?
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> And what enlisted ranks were there in the French Navy?
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> Or am I just being way too obsessive?
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> Answers, corrections, or directions to either would be appreciated.
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> Cheers
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> Richie Dulin
Most of the upper ranks are french words. Just some have E's etc
removed when English-er-ing them. Most of the Deck Classes were
named by function or part of the ship assigned to them. As were
English and German(Elector era). Many of the titles used in
English ships are word-transliterated from the Spanish or French.
Best
DaveG
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