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French ship Réfléchi (1776)

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Name
  
Réfléchi

Laid down
  
May 1772

Out of service
  
1793

Launched
  
25 November 1776

Draft
  
6.4 m

Builder
  
Rochefort

Commissioned
  
February 1777

Construction started
  
May 1772

Length
  
51 m

Class and type
  
Solitaire class ship of the line

Réfléchi was a 64-gun Solitaire-class ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

Réfléchi took part in the Action of 18 December 1779, when she, along with Annibal and Vengeur, saved a convoy from the British off Fort Royal. She was part of the French squadron at the Action of 20 March 1780 when she fought Parker's squadron off Saint Domingue, along with Diadème, Amphion and Annibal, and was present at the Battle of the Chesapeake.

She became a hulk in Brest in November 1788, and was broken up around 1793 after having been renamed Turot.

References

French ship Réfléchi (1776) Wikipedia


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