French ship Terrible (1780)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Terrible.

Colour engraving of Terrible, 18th century
History
France
Name	Terrible
Ordered	23 October 1778
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	April 1779
Launched	27 January 1780
Commissioned	May 1780
Decommissioned	1802
Fate	Broken up 1804
General characteristics
Class and type	Terrible class ship of the line
Displacement	2500 tonnes
Length	60.6 m (199 ft)
Beam	16.2 m (53 ft)
Draught	8.6 m (28 ft)
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	110 guns
Armour	Timber

The Terrible was a 110-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.

Career

In 1780, she was under Chateauvert.

In 1783, she took part in a Franco-Spanish fleet assembled before Cádiz under Admiral d'Estaing, but the end of the American War of Independence occurred before it saw action.

She took part in the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2, where she was dismasted by HMS Royal Sovereign. She later took part in the campaign of Winter 1794–1795, and in the Cruise of Bruix.

She was decommissioned in 1802, condemned in May 1804, and eventually broken up in October.

References

• Levot, Prosper (1866). Les Gloires maritimes de la France: notices biographiques sur les plus célèbres marins, découvreurs, astronomes, etc (in French). Bertrand. OCLC 562314991.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. (1671-1870)
• Taillemite, Étienne (1982). Dictionnaire des Marins français. Paris: Éditions maritimes et d'Outre-Mer. ISBN 9782707000316. OCLC 239744936.