Souverain-class ship of the line

	Scale model of Protecteur on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. This model is a 64-gun, probably mislabeled.
Class overview
Name	Souverain class
Builders	Toulon
Operators	French Navy
Completed	2
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Displacement	1530 tonnes
Length	54.6 m (179 ft 2 in)
Beam	14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draught	7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	74 guns
Armour	Timber

Last updated September 11, 2025

The Souverain class was a type of two 74-gun ships of the line.

Ships

Souverain

Builder: Toulon

Ordered: 25 October 1755

Launched: December 1757

Fate: Captured by the British after the Battle of the Nile, 2 August 1798.

Protecteur ^[1]

Builder: Toulon

Ordered: 29 May 1757

Launched: 22 May 1760

Fate: Hulked in 1784

Citations

1 2 3 4 5 6 Roche, vol.1, p.364

References

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 364. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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[roche364-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Roche, vol.1, p.364

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Class overview
Scale model of Protecteur on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. This model is a 64-gun, probably mislabeled.
Name	Souverain class
Builders	Toulon ^[1]
Operators	French Navy
Completed	2
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Displacement	1530 tonnes^[1]
Length	54.6 m (179 ft 2 in)^[1]
Beam	14.3 m (46 ft 11 in) ^[1]
Draught	7 m (23 ft 0 in)^[1]
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	74 guns
Armour	Timber

Souverain-class ship of the line

Contents

Ships

Citations

References