Saint Esprit class ship of the line

The Saint-Esprit group was a type of three 80-gun ships of the line of the French Navy. They did not constitute a single class, as each was built to a separate design, but they each carried a standard ordnance amounting to 80 guns.

Saint-Esprit. Renamed Scipion.

Builder: BrestOrdered: 11 January 1762Launched: 12 October 1765Fate: Lost in storm on 26 january 1795

Languedoc Renamed Anti-fédéraliste and Victoire

Builder: ToulonOrdered: 9 December 1761Launched: 15 May 1766Fate: Broken up in 1799 in Brest

Couronne.

Builder: Arsenal of BrestOrdered: 1766Launched: May 1768Fate: Accidentally burnt at Brest in 1781. A replacement, Couronne was constructed from the salvaged remains. Renamed Ça Ira in 1792, this ship was captured by Britain on 14 March 1795, destroyed in an accidental fire on 11 April 1796