Scipion-class ship of the line

Class overview
Scipion raking HMS London during the Action of 18 October 1782.
Name:	Scipion
Operators:	French Navy
Completed:	3
General characteristics
Class and type:	Scipion class
Tons burthen:	1500 tonnes
Length:	53.8 metres
Beam:	14.1 metres
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

French Navy ships classes timeline, 1750s–1850s — next »
Type	1750s-1760s				1770s-1780s				1790s-1800s				1810s-1830s				1830s-1840s
Type	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	00	05	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45
110-120 gun three-decker		Sans-Pareil class						Océan class
				Bretagne
							Terrible class						Commerce de Paris class
90-100 gun two-decker																Suffren class
90-100 gun two-decker																		Hercule class
80-gun two-decker			Saint-Esprit class
								Deux Frères				Bucentaure class
									Tonnant class
74-gun two-decker	Hector class
	Magnifique class
		Souverain class
		Diadème class
				Citoyen class
				Marseillois
					César class
							Magnanime class
							Annibal class
							Scipion class
							Pégase class
							Téméraire class
								Centaure class