The Artésien class was a type of 64-gun ships of the line of the French Navy. A highly detailed and accurate model of Artésien, lead ship of the class, was part of the Trianon model collection and is now on display at Paris naval museum.
Model of Artésien
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Class overview | |
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Name | Artésien |
Operators | French Navy |
In commission | 1771-1785 [1] |
Planned | 5 [1] |
Completed | 5 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ship of the line |
Displacement | 1200 tonnes [2] |
Length | 52.2 m (171 ft) [2] |
Beam | 13.2 m (43 ft) [2] |
Draught | 6.4 m (21 ft) [2] |
Propulsion | Sail |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
Ships in class
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- Launched: 1772
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- Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy on 24 February 1780 and commissioned as HMS Prothee. Used as a prison ship from 1799 and broken up September 1815[3]
References
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edit- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671–1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.