French ship Citoyen (1764)
| History | |
|---|---|
  France | |
| Name: | Citoyen |
| Namesake: | "Citizen" |
| Ordered: | May 1757 |
| Builder: | Brest |
| Laid down: | July 1761 |
| Launched: | 27 August 1764 |
| In service: | December 1764 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Citoyen class ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 1500 tonnes |
| Length: | 55.1 metres |
| Beam: | 14.1 metres |
| Draught: | 6.8 metres |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: | Timber |
The Citoyen was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the bankers and General Treasurers of the Army.
Ordered in May 1757 as Cimeterre, the ship was renamed Citoyen on 20 January 1762. A launching attempt aborted on 10 August 1764, when she came to a halt on the ramp, and she was eventually set afloat 17 days later.
She took part in the Battle of Martinique (1780). In 1781, under Captain de Thy, she was appointed to the squadron of Admiral de Grasse and took part in the Battle of Fort Royal in April. On 24 August, along with Glorieux, she captured HMS Cormorant off Charleston. In September, she took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake.
In 1783, she was decommissioned, and was eventually broken up in 1791.
External links
- Naval Database
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 116. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.