Souverain class ship of the line
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Class overview | |
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Name: | Souverain |
Builders: | Toulon |
Operators: | French Navy |
Completed: | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Ship of the line |
Displacement: | 1530 tonnes |
Length: | 54.6 metres |
Beam: | 14.3 metres |
Draught: | 7 metres |
Propulsion: | Sail |
Armament: | 74 guns |
Armour: | Timber |
Notes: | Ships in class include: Souverain, Protecteur |
The Souverain class was a type of two 74-gun ships of the line.
- Builder:
- Ordered:
- Launched:
- Fate:
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 15 February 1782
- Launched: 19 December 1782
- Fate: Burnt by the British after the Battle of the Nile, 2 August 1798