French ship Protecteur
Protecteur was a Souverain-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, the only to have borne the name.
Scale model on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. This model is a 64-gun, probably mislabeled. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Protecteur |
| Namesake | "Protector" |
| Builder | Toulon, by plans by Noël Pomet |
| Laid down | 29 May 1757 |
| Launched | 22 May 1760 |
| Decommissioned | 1784 |
| Fate | Hulked 1784 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Souverain-class 74-gun ship of the line |
| Tonnage | 1550 tonnes |
| Length | 53.3 m (174 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 14.1 m (46 ft 3 in) |
| Height | 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in) |
| Complement | 410 men |
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