French ship La Couronne (1749)

The Couronne was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship La Couronne.
History
France
Name: Couronne
Builder: Rochefort
Laid down: May 1748
Launched: 1749
Fate: Condemned in 1766 and broken up
General characteristics
Displacement: 1400 tonnes
Length: 54.2 m (178 ft)
Beam: 14.3 m (47 ft)
Draught: 7.1 m (23 ft)
Complement: 600
Armament:
  • 80 guns:
  • 28 × 36-pounder long guns
  • 30 × 18-pounder long guns
  • 18 × 8-pounder long guns

She was built at Rochefort, being launched in 1749 and completed the following year. She served until being condemned at Brest and was broken up in 1766. Some of her timbers may have gone towards the construction of her namesake, the 80-gun Saint-Esprit-class Couronne, launched in August that year from Brest.

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