César-class ship of the line
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | César |
| Builders: | Toulon |
| Operators: |
 French Navy |
| Completed: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 1500 tonnes |
| Length: | 54.6 m (179 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.1 m (46 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.7 m (22 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Armament: | |
| Armour: | Timber |
| Notes: | Ships in class include: César, Destin, Zélé |
The César class was a type of three 74-gun ships of the line.
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered:
- Launched: 3 Aug 1768
- Fate: Captured & burnt by the British at the Battle of The Saintes, Apr 1782
- Destin
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered:
- Launched: 21 Oct 1777
- Fate: Captured by the British at Toulon Aug 1793 & burnt by them there Dec 1793
- Builder: Toulon (plans by Coulomb)
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1 July 1763
- Fate: Broken up May 1806
Sources and references
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
| French Navy ships classes timeline, 1750s–1850s — next » | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | 1750s-1760s | 1770s-1780s | 1790s-1800s | 1810s-1830s | 1830s-1840s | |||||||||||||||||
| 50 | 55 | 60 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 00 | 05 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 45 | |||
| 110-120 gun three-decker | Sans-Pareil class | Océan class | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bretagne | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Terrible class | Commerce de Paris class | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 90-100 gun two-decker | Suffren class | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hercule class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 80-gun two-decker | Saint-Esprit class | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Deux Frères | Bucentaure class | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tonnant class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 74-gun two-decker | Hector class | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Magnifique class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Souverain class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diadème class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citoyen class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marseillois | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| César class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Magnanime class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Annibal class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scipion class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pégase class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Téméraire class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Centaure class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, October 23, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.