The ''Railleuse'' was an 18-gun
frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and maneuvera ...
of the
French Navy
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, launched in 1689.
Career
Under Captain
Jean Bart
Jean Bart (; ; 21 October 1650 – 27 April 1702) was a Flemish naval commander and privateer.
Early life
Jean Bart was born in Dunkirk in 1650 to a seafaring family, the son of Jean-Cornil Bart (c. 1619–1668) who has been described various ...
, ''Railleuse'' ferried
to Poland, departing Dunkirk on 6 September 1697 and reaching
Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...
on the 20th. She then returned him to France on 11 December.
She was destroyed by fire on 5 August 1703, along with
''Joyeuse'', when three English ships of the line attacked the convoy that she was escorting.
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