Modeste

Captured

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Third rate
Guns	64 guns
War	Seven Years' War

Service

to 1759	Modeste	France
from 1759	Modeste Captured at Lagos	Britain

Ship of the line, taken at anchor near Lagos and taken into the Royal Navy.

'Modeste' (captured 1759) Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board decoration and the name in a cartouche, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Modeste' (1759), a captured French Third Rate, prior to being fitted as a 64-gun Third Rate, t Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

64 guns

Lower deck: 26 × 24-pdrs
Upper deck: 28 × 12-pdrs
Quarterdeck: 6 × 6-pdrs
Forecastle: 4 × 6-pdrs

Builder	Toulon
Laid down	April 1756
Launched	12 February 1759
Length	158 ft 6 in (48.3 m) (overall) 129 ft (39.3 m) (keel)
Complement	500

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

Career

Launched

12 February 1759

Battle of Lagos

Captured

18–19 August 1759

Joined the Royal Navy

19 August 1759 · Captured at Lagos

Fate

Captured

Broken up in August 1800