French ship Zélé (1763)

History
France
Name	Zélé
Namesake	"Zealous"
Ordered	9 December 1761
Builder	Toulon (plans by Coulomb)
Laid down	February 1762
Launched	1 July 1763
In service	1764
Out of service	1806
Fate	Broken up 1806
Notes	Offered by the receveurs généraux des finances
General characteristics
Displacement	2,900 tonnes
Tons burthen	1,500 tons
Length	55.39 m (181.7 ft)
Beam	14.13 m (46.4 ft)
Draught	6.71 m (22.0 ft)
Depth of hold	6.98 m (22.9 ft)
Armament	74 guns:; Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns; Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder long guns; Forecastle and Quarter deck:; 16 × 8-pounder long guns;
Armour	Timber

The Zélé was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Royal Navy. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the Régisseur général des finances.

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