Majestueux
Terrible , sister ship of the Majestueux
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The Majestueux was a sailing warship in the French Navy . With 110 cannons, she was one of the largest warships of her time. It was scrapped in 1808.
history
After the order was placed on April 20, 1780, the keel was laid in the Toulon naval shipyard on July 5, 1780. Its construction was part of an armament program in view of the conflict in America ( American War of Independence ).
In January 1781 she was completed and received her first captain in Toulon on February 4, 1781. In 1784 she was upgraded in Toulon, from a potential broadside of approx. 569 kg to approx. 578 kg.
In May 1797 it was renamed Republicain .
Repairs were made from 1799 to 1800. Your captain at that time was Charles Berrenger.
In May 1807 it was decommissioned and from 1808 it was scrapped.
literature
- Rif Winfield & Stephen S. Roberts: French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861 . Seaforth Publishing, 2017, ISBN 978-1-4738-9351-1 .
- Roche, Jean Michel: Dictionnaire des batiments de la flotte de guerre francaise de Colbert a nos jours 1 1671-1870 p.223 . ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6 .
- Alain Demerliac: Nomenclature des navires francais de 1715–1774 . edition omega, Nice 1995, ISBN 2-906381-19-5 .
- Levot, Prosper: Les glires miritmes de la France . notices biographiques on les pus clebres marin. Bertrand, 1866.