Couronne

Sunk

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Third rate
Guns	80 guns
War	American War of Independence

80-gun ship, the Comte de Guichen's flagship at Martinique in 1780.

Le vaisseau de ligne français de 80 canons le Saint-Esprit au combat en 1782 (batailles de Saint-Christophe, Antilles). Détail d'un tableau anglais de 1784. (Vaisseau identifié par Rif Winfield et Stephen S. Roberts dans leur ouvrage French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786 : Design, Constructio Photo: Nicholas Pocock (1740–1821), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

80 guns

30 × 36-pounder long guns
32 × 24-pounder long guns
18 × 18-pounder long guns

Builder	Arsenal of Brest
Laid down	August 1766
Launched	May 1768
Displacement	3770 tonneaux
Length	59.8 m (196 ft 2 in)
Complement	970

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

Career

Launched

May 1768

First Battle of Ushant

Survived

27 July 1778

Du Chaffault's flagship; he was wounded

Battle of Martinique

Survived

17 April 1780

Guichen's flagship

Fate

Sunk

Accidentally burnt in April 1781