Annibal class ship of the line

The Annibal class was a class of two 74-gun ships of the French Navy. The type was one of the first achievements of Jacques-Noël Sané. His first design - on 24 November 1777 - was for a ship of 166 pieds (176 feet 11 inches) length, but he produced an amended design on 10 January 1779 for the Annibal, and a further amended design on 3 March 1780 for her near-sister Northumberland. Both ships were captured during the Third Battle of Ushant ("Bataille du 13 prairial an II" or "Glorious First of June") on 1 June 1794 off Ushant, but were not commissioned into the British Navy.

Annibal

Builder: Brest Dockyard Ordered: 20 February 1778 Launched: 5 October 1778 Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy and renamed HMS Achille, but broken up at Plymouth in February 1796.

Northumberland

Builder: Brest Dockyard Ordered: Launched: 3 May 1780 Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy and named HMS Northumberland, but broken up at Plymouth in November 1795.