French ship Terrible (1780)
 Colour engraving of Terrible, 18th century
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| Name | Terrible |
| Ordered | 23 October 1778 |
| Builder | Toulon |
| Laid down | April 1779 |
| Launched | 27 January 1780 |
| Commissioned | May 1780 |
| Decommissioned | 1802 |
| Fate | Broken up in October 1804 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Terrible-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 2,500 tonnes |
| Length | 60.6 m (198 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 16.2 m (53 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Armament | 110 guns |
Terrible was a 110-gun Terrible-class ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the lead ship of her class.
Career
In 1780, she was under Louis-André Beaussier de Chateauvert.[1]
In 1783, she was part of a Franco-Spanish fleet assembled in Cádiz under Admiral Charles Henri Hector, Count of Estaing, but the American Revolutionary War ended before it saw action.[2][3]
She took part in the Glorious First of June, where she was dismasted by HMS Royal Sovereign. She later took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver and the Croisière de Bruix.
She was decommissioned in 1802, condemned in May 1804, and eventually broken up in October of that year.
Citations
- ^ Taillemite (1982), p. 28.
- ^ Levot, p.191
- ^ Levot (1866), p. 191.
References
- Levot, Prosper (1866). Les Gloires maritimes de la France: notices biographiques sur les plus célèbres marins, découvreurs, astronomes, etc (in French). Bertrand. OCLC 562314991.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. (1671-1870)
- Taillemite, Étienne (1982). Dictionnaire des Marins français. Paris: Éditions maritimes et d'Outre-Mer. ISBN 9782707000316. OCLC 239744936.
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