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French ship Couronne (1768)

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Name
  
Couronne

Laid down
  
August 1766

Construction started
  
August 1766

Length
  
60 m

Draft
  
7.5 m

Builder
  
Arsenal of Brest

Displacement
  
1754 tonnes

Launched
  
May 1768

Weight
  
1,754 tons

Fate
  
Accidentally burnt in April 1781

Class and type
  
Saint-Esprit class ship of the line

The Couronne was an 80-gun Saint-Esprit-class ship of the line of the French Navy.

She was laid down at Brest in August 1766 and launched in May 1768. She took part in the Battle of Ushant in 1778 and the Battle of Martinique under Guichen in July 1780. She was burnt by accident at Brest in April 1781, with some of her salvaged hull probably being used in her successor, also named Couronne.

References

French ship Couronne (1768) Wikipedia