Magnifique-class ship of the line

The Magnifique class was a class of three 74-gun ships of the line, designed and built by Jacques-Luc Coulomb.Winfield & Roberts, p. 102

Magnifique Builder: Brest Dockyard Laid down: 1747 Launched: 7 March 1749 Completed July 1750 Fate: 10 August 1782, Grounded on sandbar off Lovells Island, Boston, MA, USA

Entreprenant Builder: Brest Dockyard Laid down: 1750 Launched: 19 October 1751 Completed: December 1752 Fate: Set on fire by British mortar attack at Louisbourg on 21 July 1758 and blew up.

Guerrier Builder: Toulon Ordered: 18 September 1750 Laid down: October 1750 Launched: 7 September 1753 Completed: early 1754. Fate: Captured by the British at the Battle of the Nile, 2 August 1798, and then burnt.

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