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French ship class
Scale model of Protecteur on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. This model is a 64-gun, probably mislabeled.
Class overview
NameSouverain class
BuildersToulon
Operators French Navy
Completed2
General characteristics
TypeShip of the line
Displacement1530 tonnes
Length54.6 m (179 ft 2 in)
Beam14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draught7 m (23 ft 0 in)
PropulsionSail
Armament74 guns
ArmourTimber

The Souverain class was a type of two 74-gun ships of the line.

Ships

Builder: Toulon
Ordered: 25 October 1755
Launched: December 1755
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

  1. ^ Roche, vol.1, p.364

References

  • 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.
French Navy ship of the line classes timeline, 1750s–1900s
Type 1750s–1760s 1770s–1780s 1790s–1800s 1810s–1820s 1830s–1840s 1850s–1860s 1870s–1880s 1890s–1900s
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130 gun three-decker Bretagne
110-120 gun three-decker Sans-Pareil class Océan class
Bretagne Valmy
Terrible class Commerce de Paris class
90-100 gun two-decker Napoléon class
Suffren class
Hercule class
80-gun two-decker Saint-Esprit class
Deux Frères Bucentaure class
Tonnant class
74-gun two-decker Hector class
Magnifique class
Souverain class
Diadème class
Citoyen class
Marseillois
César class
Magnanime class
Annibal class
Scipion class
Pégase class
Téméraire class
Centaure class
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