HMS Modeste (1759)

	Modeste
History
France
Name	Modeste
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	April 1756
Launched	12 February 1759
Completed	May 1759
Captured	18 August 1759, by Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name	HMS Modeste
Acquired	18 August 1759 (captured); 7 January 1760 (purchased);
Reclassified	Receiving ship from 1778
Fate	Broken up in August 1800
General characteristics
Class & type	64-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,357 47/94 bm
Length	158 ft 6 in (48.3 m) (overall); 129 ft (39.3 m) (keel);
Beam	44 ft 5.75 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 8 in (5.99 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	500
Armament	64 guns:; Lower deck: 26 × 24-pdrs; Upper deck: 28 × 12-pdrs; Quarterdeck: 6 × 6-pdrs; Forecastle: 4 × 6-pdrs;

HMS Modeste was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was previously the 64-gun Modeste, of the French Navy, launched in 1759 and captured later that year.

History
Modeste
France
Name	Modeste
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	April 1756
Launched	12 February 1759
Completed	May 1759
Captured	18 August 1759, by Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name	HMS Modeste
Acquired	18 August 1759 (captured) 7 January 1760 (purchased)
Reclassified	Receiving ship from 1778
Fate	Broken up in August 1800
General characteristics
Class & type	64-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,357 47/94 bm
Length	158 ft 6 in (48.3 m) (overall) 129 ft (39.3 m) (keel)
Beam	44 ft 5.75 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 8 in (5.99 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	500
Armament	64 guns: Lower deck: 26 × 24-pdrs Upper deck: 28 × 12-pdrs Quarterdeck: 6 × 6-pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 6-pdrs