French ship Majestueux (1781)

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Majestueux and French ship Républicain.
History
France
Name: Majestueux
Namesake: "Majestuous"
Ordered: 20 April 1780
Builder: Toulon
Laid down: 5 July 1780
Launched: 17 November 1780
Commissioned: 4 February 1781
General characteristics
Class & type: Terrible class ship of the line
Displacement: 2500 tonnes
Length: 60.6 m (199 ft)
Beam: 16.2 m (53 ft)
Draught: 8.6 m (28 ft)
Propulsion: Sail
Armament: 110 guns
Armour: Timber

The Majestueux was a 110-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of Terrible class.

She was renamed Républicain in 1797. In 1807, she was decommissioned and used as a transport.

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