French ship Terrible (1780)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Terrible.

Colour engraving of Terrible, 18th century
History
France
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	4700 tonneaux
Tons burthen	2500 port tonneaux
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

1. Taillemite (1982), p. 28.
2. Levot, p.191
3. 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.