French ship Couronne (1768)
| History | |
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| Name | Couronne |
| Builder | Arsenal of Brest |
| Laid down | August 1766 |
| Launched | May 1768 |
| Fate | Accidentally burnt in April 1781 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Saint-Esprit-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 1,754 tonnes |
| Length | 59.8 m (196 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 14.9 m (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Complement | 970 |
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Couronne was an 80-gun Saint-Esprit-class ship of the line of the French Navy.
She was laid down at Brest in August 1766 and launched in May 1768. She took part in the Battle of Ushant in 1778 and the Battle of Martinique under Guichen in July 1780. She was burnt by accident at Brest in April 1781, with some of her salvaged hull probably being used in her successor, also named Couronne.
References
[edit]- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. p. 132. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2017). French warships in the age of sail, 1626-1786: design, construction, careers and fates. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781473893511.