The ''Souverain'' class was a type of two 74-gun

ships of the line A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colum ...

Ships

* :Builder: Toulon :Ordered: 25 October 1755 :Launched: December 1755 :Fate: Captured by the British after the

Battle of the Nile The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; french: Bataille d'Aboukir) was a major naval battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast off the ...

, 2 August 1798. * :Builder: Toulon :Ordered: 29 May 1757 :Launched: 22 May 1760 :Fate: Hulked in 1784

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* {{French Ship classes 1750-1850 74-gun ship of the line classes Ship of the line classes from France Ship classes of the French Navy