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French ship Caton (1777)

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Name
  
Caton

Completed
  
May 1778

Acquired
  
19 April 1782

Launched
  
1777

Laid down
  
April 1770

Name
  
Caton

Construction started
  
April 1770

Builder
  
Toulon

Captured
  
19 April 1782, by Royal Navy

Caton was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1777.

She was captured by the Royal Navy at the Battle of the Mona Passage on 19 April 1782, and commissioned as the third rate HMS Caton. She was placed on harbour service in 1798, and sold out of the service in 1815.

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French ship Caton (1777) Wikipedia