Name Caton Completed May 1778 Acquired 19 April 1782 Launched 1777 | Laid down April 1770 Name Caton Construction started April 1770 | |
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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