The ''Magnifique'' class was a class of three 74-gun
ships of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which involved the two column ...
, designed and built by Jacques-Luc Coulomb.
[Winfield & Roberts, p. 102]
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''Magnifique''
:Builder: Brest Dockyard
:Laid down: 1747
:Launched: 7 March 1750
:Completed July 1750
:Fate: 10 August 1782, Grounded on sandbar off
Lovells Island
Lovells Island, or Lovell's Island, is a island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, in Massachusetts. The island is across The Narrows from Georges Island and some offshore of downtown Boston. It is named after Captain W ...
, Boston, MA, USA
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''Entreprenant''
:Builder: Brest Dockyard
:Laid down: 1750
:Launched: 19 October 1751
:Completed: December 1752
:Fate: Set on fire by British mortar attack at
Louisbourg
Louisbourg is an unincorporated community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.
History
The harbour had been used by European mariners since at least the 1590s, when it was known as English Port and Havre à l'An ...
on 21 July 1758 and blew up.
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''Guerrier''
:Builder: Toulon
:Ordered: 18 September 1750
:Laid down: October 1750
:Launched: 7 September 1753
:Completed: early 1754.
:Fate: Captured by the British at the
Battle of the Nile
The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; ) was fought between the Royal Navy and the French Navy at Abu Qir Bay, Aboukir Bay in Ottoman Egypt, Egypt between 1–3 August 1798. It was the climax of the Mediterranean ca ...
, 2 August 1798, and then burnt.
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{{French Ship classes 1750-1850
74-gun ship of the line classes
Ship of the line classes from France
Ship classes of the French Navy