French ship Océan (1756)
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]
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| Name: | Océan |
| Namesake: | Ocean |
| Ordered: | 1751 |
| Builder: | Toulon Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 29 May 1753 |
| Launched: | 20 June 1756 |
| Completed: | November 1756 |
| Fate: | Burnt on 19 August 1759 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,000 tons |
| Tons burthen: | 1,900 |
| Length: | 56.85 m (186.5 ft) |
| Beam: | 15.59 m (51.1 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.47 m (24.5 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Complement: | 800 men, 14 officers |
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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.
Sources and references
Bibliography
- 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.
- Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen (2017). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4738-9351-1.
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