French ship Magnanime (1779)

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

Image of a model of Magnanime
History
France
Name	Magnanime [1]
Namesake	Magnanimous [1]
Builder	Rochefort [1]
Laid down	October 1778 [1]
Launched	27 August 1779 [1]
In service	December 1779 [1]
Out of service	1792 [1]
Fate	Broken up 1793
General characteristics
Class and type	Magnanime-class ship of the line
Displacement	1,800 tonnes
Length	55.6 m (182 ft 5 in)
Beam	14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draught	6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	74 guns: 28 × 36-pounder long guns 30 × 18-pounder long guns 16 × 8-pounder long guns

Magnanime was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy who was the lead ship of her class.

Career

She took part in the American Revolutionary War in De Grasse's squadron, under Captain Jean Antoine Le Bègue de Germiny, most notably in the Battle of the Chesapeake, the Battle of St. Lucia, and the Battle of the Saintes.[2]

In 1782 or 1783, she was under Antoine-Stanislas de Curières de Castelnau Saint-Cosme Sainte-Eulalie.[3]

Fate

Magnanime was broken up in Brest in 1793.[1]

Citations

1. Roche (2005), p. 292.
2. Contenson (1934), p. 211.
3. Contenson (1934), p. 167.

References

• Contenson, Ludovic (1934). La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783). Paris: éditions Auguste Picard. OCLC 7842336.
• 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.