| History | |
|---|---|
  France | |
| Name | Citoyen |
| Namesake | "Citizen" |
| Ordered | May 1757[1] |
| Builder | Brest[1] |
| Laid down | July 1761[1] |
| Launched | 27 August 1764[1] |
| In service | December 1764[1] |
| Fate | Broken up 1791 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Citoyen class ship of the line |
| Tonnage | 1,500 tons |
| Displacement | 3,000 tons |
| Length | 169½ French feet[Note 1] (55.06 metres) |
| Beam | 43 French feet (13.97 metres) |
| Draught | 21 French feet (6.82 metres) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 715 men in wartime, 650 in peacetime, + 6/12 officers |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
The Citoyen was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class to a design by Joseph-Louis Ollivier. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the Bankers and General Treasurers of the Army.[1]
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Career
Ordered in May 1757 as Cimeterre, the ship was renamed Citoyen on 20 January 1762. A launching attempt aborted on 10 August 1764, when she came to a halt on the ramp, and she was eventually set afloat 17 days later.[1]
She took part in the Battle of Martinique on 17 April 1780 under Captain Poute de Nieuil.[2][3]
In 1781, under Alexandre de Thy,[4] she was appointed to the squadron of Admiral de Grasse and took part in the Battle of Fort Royal in April. On 24 August, along with Glorieux, she captured HMS <i>Cormorant</i> off Charleston. In September, she took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781, in the Battle of St Kitts on 25/26 January 1782 and the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782.
In 1783, on returning to France, she was decommissioned, and was eventually broken up in 1791.[1]
Notes
- ^ Note that the (pre-metric) French foot was 6.575% longer than the equivalent British unit of measurement.
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Roche (2005), p. 116.
- ^ Contenson (1934), p. 235.
- ^ Troude (1867), p. 71.
- ^ Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 648.
References
- Contenson, Ludovic (1934). La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783). Paris: éditions Auguste Picard. OCLC 7842336.
- Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion. pp. 431–434.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 116. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 2. Challamel ainé.
- Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S (2017). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626–1786: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-4738-9351-1.
External links
- Naval Database Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
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