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Annibal

Annibal

Survived

French Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74
WarAmerican War of Independence

74-gun ship. Dismasted at Porto Praya, where her captain, Trémigon, was killed, and in all five of Suffren's battles. Renamed Achille, she was captured at the Glorious First of June in 1794.

The 'Brunswick' and the 'Vengeur du Peuple' at the Battle of the First of June, 1794 An incident from the five-day battle known as the 'Glorious First of June 1794', during the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802, between the British fleet under Lord Howe and the French fleet under Rear-Admiral Vill Photo: Nicholas Pocock, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 74 guns of various weights of shot
BuilderBrest
Laid downDecember 1777
Launched5 October 1778
Commissionednever commissioned
Displacement2,939 tonneaux
Length54.7 m (179 ft 6 in)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

5 October 1778

Battle of Grenada
Damaged

6 July 1779

La Motte-Picquet's flagship; 149 casualties

Battle of Porto Praya
Damaged

16 April 1781

Dismasted; Captain Trémigon killed

Battle of Sadras
Survived

17 February 1782

Battle of Providien
Survived

12 April 1782

Battle of Negapatam
Damaged

6 July 1782

Battle of Trincomalee
Survived

3 September 1782

Battle of Cuddalore
Survived

20 June 1783

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1796