Magnifique-class ship of the line explained

The Magnifique class was a class of three 74-gun ships of the line, designed and built by Jacques-Luc Coulomb.^[1]

Builder: Brest Dockyard

Laid down: 1747

Launched: 7 March 1750

Completed July 1750

Fate: 10 August 1782, Grounded on sandbar off Lovells Island, Boston, MA, USA

Builder: Brest Dockyard

Laid down: 1750

Launched: 19 October 1751

Completed: December 1752

Fate: Set on fire by British mortar attack at Louisbourg on 21 July 1758 and blew up.

Builder: Toulon

Ordered: 18 September 1750

Laid down: October 1750

Launched: 7 September 1753

Completed: early 1754.

Fate: Captured by the British at the Battle of the Nile, 2 August 1798, and then burnt.

References

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