French ship Majestueux (1781)

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NameMajestueux
Namesake"Majestuous"
Ordered20 April 1780
BuilderToulon
Laid down5 July 1780
Launched17 November 1780
Commissioned4 February 1781
FateBroken up 1808
General characteristics
Class and type Terrible-class ship of the line
Displacement2,500 tonnes
Length60.6 m (198 ft 10 in)
Beam16.2 m (53 ft 2 in)
Draught8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
PropulsionSail
Armament110 guns

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

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

The ship was broken up in 1808. [1]

Citations

  1. Winfield & Roberts p.74

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