French ship Couronne (1768) explained

The Couronne was an 80-gun Saint-Esprit-class ship of the line of the French Navy.

She was laid down at Brest in August 1766 and launched in May 1768. She took part in the Battle of Ushant in 1778 and the Battle of Martinique under Guichen in July 1780. She was burnt by accident at Brest in April 1781, with some of her salvaged hull probably being used in her successor, also named Couronne.

References

• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel . 2005 . Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870 . 978-2-9525917-0-6 . 165892922. 132.
• Book: Winfield . Rif . Roberts . Stephen S. . French warships in the age of sail, 1626-1786: design, construction, careers and fates . 2017 . Seaforth Publishing . Barnsley, South Yorkshire . 9781473893511.