Bordelois-class ship of the line

	Watercolour portrait of Flamand, by François Roux, commissioned by Willaumez
Class overview
Name	Bordelois
Builders	Bordeaux
Operators	French Navy; Royal Navy; Ottoman Navy;
Planned	4
Completed	4
General characteristics
Displacement	1100 tonnes
Length	50.7 metres
Beam	13.75 metres
Draught	6.3 metres
Propulsion	Sail, full-rigged ship
Complement	560 men in war, 500 in peace
Armament	56 guns:; Main deck: 24 × 36-pounder long guns; Upper deck: 26 × 18-pounder long guns; Forecastle and sterncastle: 6 × 8-pounder long guns;
Armour	Timber

The Bordelois class was a class of 56-gun ships of the line, designed by Antoine Groignard. This was a unique type, designed to provide a battlefleet armament (with 36-pounder guns in the principal battery) on a hull able to operate in the shallow waters around Dunkirk. The ships were funded by don des vaisseaux donations and rushed into production for the Seven Years' War, but were completed too late to take part in the conflict. The Flamand would later have a distinguished career during the War of American Independence.

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