French ship Union (1763)

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

History
France
Name	Union
Builder	Brest
Laid down	1761
Launched	November 1763
In service	May 1764
Out of service	1782
Fate	Wrecked February 1782
General characteristics
Displacement	2250 tonneaux
Tons burthen	1087port tonneaux
Length	50.7 m (166 ft 4 in)
Beam	13.2 m (43 ft 4 in)
Draught	6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	Sail, full-rigged ship
Armament	64 guns

Union was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from individuals.

The construction of Union, initially ordered in 1755, dragged on until 1763. In 1767, she cruised off Morocco under Captain Pierre-Claude Haudeneau de Breugnon.

In 1778, she was converted into a hospital ship and was appointed to a squadron under Admiral d'Orvilliers. She was eventually wrecked in February 1782.

References

• Ships of the line
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 365. ISBN   978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC   165892922.