#citoyen-class_ship_of_the_line

Citoyen-class ship of the line

The Citoyen class consisted of four 74-gun ships of the line all built at Brest Naval Dockyard to a design by Joseph-Louis Ollivier. The first ship was newly built there from 1761 to 1764, and the other three were rebuilt to her design from earlier ships.CitoyenBuilt at: Brest Keel laid: July 1761 Launched: 27 August 1764 Completed: December 1764 Fate: decommissioned in 1783 and taken to pieces in 1792ConquérantOriginally built at: Toulon Ordered: 5 March 1743 Originally launched: 9 March 1746 Rebuilt: from January 1765 at Brest to the draught of the Citoyen, re-launched 29 November 1765 and completed in December 1765 Fate: Condemned in May 1796 but put back into service in March 1798, captured by the British on 2 August 1798 at the Battle of the Nile, broken up in Plymouth in January 1803PalmierOriginally built at: Brest Keel laid: November 1750 Originally launched 21 July 1752 Rebuilt: from 23 May 1766 at Brest to the draught of the Citoyen, re-launched in December 1766 and completed in the same month Fate: Rebuilt again at Brest in 1776. Abandoned and foundered off Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean on 24 October 1782ActifOriginally built at: Brest Keel laid: 1750 Originally launched: 15 December 1752 Rebuilt at: from April 1767 at Brest to the draught of the Citoyen, re-launched on 5 October 1767 and completed in April 1768 Fate: Rebuilt again at Brest in 1774. Condemned in August 1783, sold 1784

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