French ship Protecteur
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Protecteur was a Souverain-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, the only to have borne the name.
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Scale model on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. This model is a 64-gun, probably mislabeled. | |
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France | |
Name | Protecteur |
Namesake | "Protector" |
Builder | Toulon, by plans by Noël Pomet[1] |
Laid down | 29 May 1757 [1] |
Launched | 22 May 1760 [1] |
Decommissioned | 1784 [1] |
Fate | Hulked 1784 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Souverain-class 74-gun ship of the line |
Tonnage | 1550 tonnes |
Length | 53.3 m (174 ft 10 in) |
Beam | 14.1 m (46 ft 3 in) |
Height | 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in) |
Complement | 410 men |
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