Scipion class ship of the line
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| File:Combat du Scipion conte le London-Rossel de Cercy mg 5096.jpg Scipion raking HMS London during the Action of 18 October 1782. | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Sibylle |
| Operators: |  French Navy |
| Completed: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Scipion class |
| Tons burthen: | 1500 tonnes |
| Length: | 53.8 tonnes |
| Beam: | 14.1 tonnes |
| Draught: | 7.3 metres |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Armament: | 74 to 78 guns of various weights of shot |
The Scipion class was type of 74-gun ships designed by Francois-Guillaume Clairin-Deslauriers. It comprised three ships:
- Builder: Rochefort
- Ordered:
- Launched: 19 September 1778
- Fate: wrecked off San Domingo in October 1782
- Builder: Rochefort
- Ordered:
- Launched: launched 5 October 1778
- Fate: Razéed to 50-gun frigate in June 1794
- Builder: Rochefort
- Ordered:
- Launched: 5 November 1778
- Fate: BU 1805
