French ship Océan (1756) explained

Océan was an 80-gun ship in the French Navy, the first ship to bear that name. She was designed by Antoine Groignard and constructed at Toulon by Joseph Véronique-Charles Chapelle. Her name Océan, subsequently reserved for the largest units of the French Navy, is evidence of the change of focus from large three-deckers into strong two-deckers.^[1]

She was Comte de la Clue's flagship at the battle of Lagos, where she ran aground in Almadora Bay and was burnt by the British.

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.
• Book: Rif . Winfield . Stephen . Roberts . French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates . Seaforth Publishing . Barnsley, UK . 2017 . 978-1-4738-9351-1.

Notes and References

1. https://troisponts.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/les-vaisseaux-a-trois-ponts-francais-du-xviiie-siecle/ troisponts.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/les-vaisseaux-a-trois-ponts-francais-du-xviiie-siecle