The ''Terrible'' was a 110-gun
ship of the line
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of the
French Navy
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, lead ship of
her class.
Career
In 1780, she was under
Chateauvert.
In 1783, she took part in a Franco-Spanish fleet assembled before Cádiz under Admiral
d'Estaing, but the end of the
American War of Independence
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occurred before it saw action.
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She took part in the
Bataille du 13 prairial an 2
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, where she was dismasted by
HMS ''Royal Sovereign''. She later took part in the campaign of Winter 1794–1795, and in the
Cruise of Bruix
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.
She was decommissioned in 1802, condemned in May 1804, and eventually broken up in October.
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Ships of the line of the French Navy
Ships built in France
Terrible-class ships of the line
1780 ships
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