French ship Annibal

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The Annibal was a French ship of the line designed by Jacques-Noël Sané and built at Brest in 1778.

She sailed out to the West Indies and fought at the Battle of Grenada in 1779.

She was then sent out to the East Indies with Suffren and fought at the battles of Porto Praya, Sadras, Providien, Negapatam and Trincomalee in 1782. The following year she fought at the battle of Cuddalore.

She was renamed Achille in 1786.

She was taken at the Battle of the Glorious First of June and recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Achille before being broken up at Plymouth in 1796.