César-class ship of the line
Class overview | |
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Name: | César |
Builders: | Toulon Dockyard |
Operators: |
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Completed: | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Ship of the line |
Tonnage: | 1,500 tons |
Displacement: | 2,900 tons |
Length: | 157½ French feet[1] |
Beam: | 43½ French feet |
Draught: | 20 French feet 8 inches |
Depth of hold: | 29¾ French feet |
Decks: | 2 gun decks |
Propulsion: | Sail |
Complement: | 715 (later 734), + 6/12 officers |
Armament: | |
Armour: | Timber |
Notes: | Ships in class include: César, Destin |
The César class or Zélé class included two 74-gun ships of the line designed by Joseph Coulomb. The were a development of his earlier 74-gun ship, the Zélé of 1763.
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 10 March 1767
- Launched: 3 August 1768
- Fate: Captured and burnt by the British at the Battle of the Saintes, 12 April 1782
- Destin
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 7 February 1770
- Launched: 21 October 1777
- Fate: Captured by the British at Toulon in August 1793, and burnt by them there in December 1793
Sources and references
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 223. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Nomenclature des navires français de 1715 á 1774. Alain Demerliac (Editions Omega, Nice – 1995). ISBN 2-906381-19-5.
- Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2017) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4738-9351-1.
- ↑ The French (pre-metric) foot was 6.575% longer than the equivalent French foot.
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