Name Terrible Laid down April 1779 Decommissioned 1802 Launched 27 January 1780 Weight 2,500 tons Draft 8.6 m | Ordered 23 October 1778 Commissioned May 1780 Construction started April 1779 Length 61 m Displacement 2.5 million kg Builder Toulon | |
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Class and type Terrible class ship of the line | ||
The Terrible was a 110-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.
Career
In 1793, she took part in a Franco-Spanish fleet assembled before Cádiz under Admiral d'Estaing, but the end of the American War of Independence occurred before it saw action.
She took part in the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2, where she was dismasted by HMS Royal Sovereign. She later took part in the campaign of Winter 1794-1795, and in the Cruise of Bruix.
She was decommissioned in 1802, condemned in May 1804, and eventually broken up in October.
References
French ship Terrible (1779) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA