French ship Pluton (1778)

	Watercolour portrait of Pluton, by François Roux, commissioned by Willaumez.
History
France
Name	Pluton
Launched	5 November 1778
Commissioned	1778
Decommissioned	1805
Honours and; awards	Participated in:; Battle of Martinique (1780); Battle of Fort Royal (1781); Battle of Chesapeake (1781); Battle of Saint Kitts (1782); Battle of the Saintes (1782);
Fate	Broken up
Notes	Renamed Dugommier (1797)
General characteristics
Class and type	Scipion class
Tons burthen	1500 tonnes
Length	53.8 m (176 ft 6 in)
Beam	14.1 m (46 ft 3 in)
Draught	7.3 m (24 ft)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	74 to 78 guns of various weights of shot

Pluton was a Scipion class 74-gun French ship of the line built at Rochefort.

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