French ship Citoyen (1764)

History
France
Name	Citoyen
Namesake	"Citizen"
Ordered	May 1757
Builder	Brest
Laid down	July 1761
Launched	27 August 1764
In service	December 1764
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 (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	74 guns:; Lower battery: 28 × 36-pounders; Upper battery: 30 × 18-pounders; Forecastle and quarterdeck: 16 × 8-pounders;
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.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.