French ship Conquérant (1746)
Conquérant at the Battle of Cape Henry | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Conquérant |
| Namesake | "Conqueror" |
| Ordered | 5 March 1743 |
| Builder | Toulon |
| Laid down | February 1745 |
| Launched | 10 March 1746 |
| In service | January 1747 |
| Captured | 2 August 1798 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Conquerant |
| Acquired | 2 August 1798 |
| Fate | Broken up January 1803 Plymouth |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Citoyen-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 1500 tonnes |
| Length | 55.1 m (180 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 14.1 m (46 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
Conquérant was originally designed and built by François Coulomb the Younger at Toulon from 1745 to 1747, as a modified version of the same constructor's Terrible built at the same dockyard from 1736–1740. In need of major repairs by early 1755, she was not employed throughout the Seven Years' War, after which she was formally taken out of service on 17 March 1764 and was rebuilt by Joseph-Louis Ollivier at Brest from January to December 1765 as a Citoyen-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.