César-class ship of the line

Class overview

Name:	César
Builders:	Toulon
Operators:	French Navy
Completed:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Displacement:	1500 tonnes
Length:	54.6 m (179 ft)
Beam:	14.1 m (46 ft)
Draught:	6.7 m (22 ft)
Propulsion:	Sail
Armament:	74 guns: Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder long guns Forecastle and Quarter deck: 6 × 8-pounder long guns
Armour:	Timber
Notes:	Ships in class include: César, Destin, Zélé

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

Builder: Toulon

Ordered:

Launched: 3 Aug 1768

Fate: Captured & burnt by the British at the Battle of The Saintes, Apr 1782

Builder: Toulon

Ordered:

Launched: 21 Oct 1777

Fate: Captured by the British at Toulon Aug 1793 & burnt by them there Dec 1793

Builder: Toulon (plans by Coulomb)

Ordered:

Launched: 1 July 1763

Fate: Broken up May 1806

Sources and references

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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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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