French ship Couronne (1768)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Couronne.

Couronne was an 80-gun Saint-Esprit-class ship of the line of the French Navy.

History
France
Name	Couronne
Builder	Arsenal of Brest
Laid down	August 1766
Launched	May 1768
Fate	Accidentally burnt in April 1781
General characteristics
Class and type	Saint-Esprit-class ship of the line
Displacement	1,754 tonnes
Length	59.8 m (196 ft 2 in)
Beam	14.9 m (48 ft 11 in)
Draught	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Complement	970
Armament	80 guns: 30 × 36-pounder long guns 32 × 24-pounder long guns 18 × 18-pounder long guns

She was laid down at Brest in August 1766 and launched in May 1768. She took part in the Battle of Ushant in 1778 and the Battle of Martinique under Guichen in July 1780. She was burnt by accident at Brest in April 1781, with some of her salvaged hull probably being used in her successor, also named Couronne.

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. p. 132. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2017). French warships in the age of sail, 1626-1786: design, construction, careers and fates. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781473893511.