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Souverain Class

NationalityFrance
Nominal Guns74
Approved1757
Designer 
RateThird Rate
TypeShip of the Line
Designed Crew721
Ships in Class2

Design ArmamentBroadside Weight = 838.00 French Livre (904.37 lbs 410.20 kg)NNF-1715
Lower Gun Deck28 x French 36-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 x French 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle16 x French 8-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
 OrderedShipyardLaunchedOut of serviceFateGundeck LengthLength of KeelBreadthDepth in holdBurthen
As Designed     164' 0" 43' 6"21' 6"1,536
Le Souverain (74) 1757-1798
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1792 Renamed "Peuple Souverain"
UnknownToulon - Provence 6.6.17571.8.1798Captured164' 0" 43' 6"21' 6"1,536
Le Protecteur (74) 1760-1790
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownToulon - Provence 21.5.17601790Last known164' 0" 43' 6"21' 6"1,536

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