French ship Magnanime (1779)

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NameMagnanime [1]
NamesakeMagnanimous [1]
BuilderRochefort [1]
Laid downOctober 1778 [1]
Launched27 August 1779 [1]
In serviceDecember 1779 [1]
Out of service1792 [1]
FateBroken up 1793
General characteristics
Class and type Magnanime-class ship of the line
Displacement1,800 tonnes
Length55.6 m (182 ft 5 in)
Beam14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draught6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
PropulsionSail
Armament

Magnanime was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy who was the lead ship of her class.

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Career

She took part in the American Revolutionary War in De Grasse's squadron, under Captain Jean Antoine Le Bègue de Germiny, most notably in the Battle of the Chesapeake, the Battle of St. Lucia, and the Battle of the Saintes. [2]

In 1782 or 1783, she was under Antoine-Stanislas de Curières de Castelnau Saint-Cosme Sainte-Eulalie. [3]

Fate

Magnanime was broken up in Brest in 1793. [1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Roche (2005), p. 292.
  2. ↑ Contenson (1934), p. 211.
  3. ↑ Contenson (1934), p. 167.

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