Saint-Esprit class ship of the line
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: Accidentally burnt at Brest in 1781. A replacement, Couronne was constructed from the salvaged remains. Renamed Ça Ira in 1792, this ship was 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