French ship Ferme (1763)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Ferme.

Ferme was a 56-gun Bordelois-class ship of the line of the French Navy. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the Ferme Générale, and built by engineer Léon Guignace on a design by Antoine Groignard.^[1] Complete too late to serve in the Seven Years' War, she was sold to the Ottoman Empire and recommissioned in the Ottoman Navy.^[1]

Watercolour portrait of sister-ship Flamand, by François Roux, commissioned by Willaumez
History
France
Name	Ferme
Namesake	Ferme générale
Builder	Bordeaux[1]
Laid down	August 1762[1]
Launched	10 October 1763[1]
In service	20 November 1763[1]
Out of service	August 1774[1]
Fate	Sold to the Ottomans 1774
Ottoman Empire
Owner	Ottoman Navy
General characteristics
Displacement	1,100 tonnes[1]
Length	50.7 m (166 ft 4 in)[1]
Beam	13.8 m (45 ft 3 in)[1]
Draught	6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)[1]
Propulsion	Sail, full-rigged ship
Complement	560 men[1]
Armament	56 guns: 24 × 36-pounder long guns 26 × 18-pounder long guns 6 × 8-pounder long guns[1]