Souverain-class ship of the line
 Scale model of Protecteur on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. This model is a 64-gun, probably mislabeled.
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Souverain class |
| Builders | Toulon[1] |
| Operators |  French Navy |
| Completed | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ship of the line |
| Displacement | 2800 tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 1536 port tonneaux |
| Length | 54.6 m (179 ft 2 in)[1] |
| Beam | 14.3 m (46 ft 11 in) [1] |
| Draught | 7 m (23 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Armament | 74 guns |
| Armour | Timber |
The Souverain class was a type of two 74-gun ships of the line.
Ships
[edit]- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 25 October 1755
- Launched: December 1757
- Fate: Captured by the British after the Battle of the Nile, 2 August 1798.
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 29 May 1757
- Launched: 22 May 1760
- Fate: Hulked in 1784
Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 364. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.