César-class ship of the line

Class overview
Name	César
Builders	Toulon
Operators	French Navy
Completed	3
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Displacement	1500 tonnes
Length	54.6 m (179 ft)
Beam	14.1 m (46 ft)
Draught	6.7 m (22 ft)
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	74 guns:; Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns; Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder long guns; Forecastle and Quarter deck:; 6 × 8-pounder long guns;
Armour	Timber
Notes	Ships in class include: César, Destin, Zélé

The César class was a type of three 74-gun ships of the line.

Builder: Toulon

Ordered:

Launched: 3 Aug 1768

Fate: Captured & burnt by the British at the Battle of The Saintes, Apr 1782

Builder: Toulon

Ordered:

Launched: 21 Oct 1777

Fate: Captured by the British at Toulon Aug 1793 & burnt by them there Dec 1793

Builder: Toulon (plans by Coulomb)

Ordered:

Launched: 1 July 1763

Fate: Broken up May 1806

Sources and references

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.^{[page needed]}^{[self-published source?]}