French ship Protecteur
Scale model on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. This model is a 64-gun, probably mislabeled. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Protecteur |
| Namesake | "Protector" |
| Builder | Toulon, by plans by Noël Pomet |
| Laid down | 29 May 1757 |
| Launched | 22 May 1760 |
| Decommissioned | 1784 |
| Fate | Hulked 1784 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Souverain-class 74-gun ship of the line |
| Tonnage | 1550 tonnes |
| Length | 53.3 m (174 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 14.1 m (46 ft 3 in) |
| Height | 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in) |
| Complement | 410 men |
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Protecteur was a Souverain-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, the only to have borne the name.