Name Pluton Decommissioned 1805 Draft 7.3 m | Commissioned 1778 Fate Broken up | |
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Honours andawards Participated inBattle of Martinique (1780)Battle of Fort Royal (1781)Battle of Chesapeake (1781)Battle of Saint Kitts (1782)Battle of the Saintes (1782) Notes Renamed Dugommier (1797) | ||
Pluton was a of Scipion class 74-gun French ship of the line built at Rochefort.
She fought in a series of battles during the American War of Independence, including the battles of Martinique (1780), Fort Royal (1781), Chesapeake (1781), St. Kitts, (1782), and the Saintes (1782).
She was renamed Dugommier in 1797 and seems to have seen little further active service. She was broken up in 1805.
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