French ship Destin (1778)

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

History
France
Name	Destin
Namesake	Destiny
Ordered	7 February 1770 [1]
Builder	Toulon [1]
Laid down	April 1770 [1]
Launched	21 October 1777 [1]
In service	28 May 1778 [1]
Fate	Scuttled at the end of the Siege of Toulon, wreck raised and broken up in 1807
General characteristics
Class and type	César class ship of the line
Displacement	1500 tonnes
Length	54.6 metres
Beam	14.1 metres
Draught	6.7 metres
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	74 guns: 28 × 36-pounder long guns 30 × 18-pounder long guns 16 × 8-pounder long guns 6 × obusiers de vaisseau

Destin was a 74-gun ship of the French Navy.

Career

In 1778, Destin cruised in the Eastern Mediterranean. In 1780, she was appointed to the squadrons bound for America. She took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781, and in the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782.[1][2][3]

In August 1782, Flotte was given command of Destin, succeeding Goimpy.[4] He sailed to Cadiz to reinforce the fleet under Córdova.[5]

In 1783, she was laid up in ordinary at Toulon. During the Siege of Toulon, she was seized by the Royalist insurgents and surrendered to the British, who scuttled her when they had to evacuate the city in December 1793.[1]

Fate

The sunken Destin was raised in 1807, and the wreck was broken up.[1]

Citations

1. Roche (2005), p. 148.
2. Troude (1867), p. 140.
3. Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 648.
4. Moulin (1922), p. 110.
5. Taillemite (2002), p. 188.

References

• Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion. pp. 431–434.
• Moulin, Stéphane (1922). La Carrière d'un Marin au XVIIIème siècle ; Joseph de Flotte 1734-1792. Gap: éditions Jean et Peyrot. OCLC 902496109.
• 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 (2002). Dictionnaire des Marins français. Tallandier. ISBN 2-84734-008-4. OCLC 606770323.
• Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 2. Challamel ainé.