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:

  • 30 x 36-pounder long guns
  • 23 x 24-pounder long guns
  • 18 X 18-pounder long guns
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.

Builder: Brest
Ordered: 11 January 1762
Launched: 12 October 1765
Fate: Lost in storm on 26 january 1795
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