Saint-Esprit class ship of the line
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 Fight of the Ça Ira off Noli on 14 March 1795 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Saint-Esprit |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 1754 tonnes |
| Length: | 59.8 metres |
| Beam: | 14.9 metres |
| Draught: | 7.5 metres |
| Speed: | Sail |
| Armament: |
80 guns:
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| Armour: | Timber |
| Notes: | Ships in class include: Couronne, Languedoc, Saint-Esprit |
The Saint-Esprit class was a type of three 80-gun ships of the line of the French Navy.
- Saint-Esprit. Renamed Scipion.
- Builder: Brest
- Ordered: 11 January 1762
- Launched: 12 October 1765
- Fate: Lost in storm on 26 january 1795
- Couronne. Renamed Ça Ira.
- Builder: Arsenal of Brest
- Ordered:
- Launched: May 1768
- Fate: Captured by Britain on 14 March 1795, destroyed in an accidental fire on 11 April 1796
- Languedoc Renamed Anti-fédéraliste and Victoire
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered:
- Launched: 15 May 1766
- Fate: Broken up in 1799 in Brest
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