Citoyen-class ship of the line

Class overview

Name:	Citoyen
Builders:	Toulon
Operators:	French Navy
Completed:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Displacement:	1500 tonnes
Length:	55.1 m (181 ft)
Beam:	14.1 m (46 ft)
Draught:	6.8 m (22 ft)
Propulsion:	Sail
Armament:	74 guns: Lower battery: 28 × 36-pounders Upper battery: 30 × 18-pounders Forecastle and quarterdeck: 16 × 8-pounders
Armour:	Timber
Notes:	Ships in class include: Citoyen, Conquérant, Actif

The Citoyen class was a type of three 74-gun ships of the line.

Builder: Brest

Ordered:

Launched: 27 August 1764

Fate:

Builder: Brest

Ordered:

Launched: 5 October 1767

Fate:

Builder: Toulon

Ordered: 5 March 1743

Launched: 9 March 1746

Fate: Captured by the British on 2 August 1798, broken up in Plymouth in January 1803

French Navy ship of the line classes timeline, 1750s–1900s — next »
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130 gun three-decker																						Bretagne
110-120 gun three-decker		Sans-Pareil class						Océan class
				Bretagne																Valmy
							Terrible class						Commerce de Paris class
90-100 gun two-decker																					Napoléon class
																Suffren class
																		Hercule class
80-gun two-decker			Saint-Esprit class
								Deux Frères				Bucentaure class
									Tonnant class
74-gun two-decker	Hector class
	Magnifique class
		Souverain class
		Diadème class
				Citoyen class
				Marseillois
					César class
							Magnanime class
							Annibal class
							Scipion class
							Pégase class
							Téméraire class
								Centaure class

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