French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Magnanime' (1779)

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Le Magnanime
Nominal Guns	74	W033
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	10.1778	W033
Launched	27.8.1779	E-WIKI
First Commissioned	12.1779	W033
How acquired	Purpose built	E-WIKI
Shipyard	Rochefort - Aunis	W033
Designed by	Jacques Denis Chevillard le CadetFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1777-1778	W033
Category	Third Rate	W033
National Rate	Premier Rang	W033
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	W033
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	W033
Broken Up	1793	W033

Armament

8.1779Broadside Weight = 838 French Livre (904.3696 lbs 410.201 kg)W033
Lower Gun Deck28 French 36-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 French 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle16 French 8-Pounder

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1781 - 1782Capitaine de VaisseauFWIKI

1 Supernumerary

DatesRankNameSource
1781 - 1782Volontaire de la Marineref:631

Service History

DateEventSource
29.4.1781Battle of Fort Royal
5.9.1781Battle of the Chesapeake
25.1.1782Battle of Saint Kitts
12.4.1782Battle of the Saintes

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

W033Ronald Deschenes, Web Site

ref:631 Web Site

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Posted by Jon Miller on Saturday 20th of June 2026 17:17

Possibly the same, although there is big difference in guns -

London, 10 August 1780: Yesterday afternoon advice was received by the Admiralty, that three of Admiral Geary’s squadron perceiving a French ship of the line steal out of Brest, gave chace to her, and in a few hours pressed so near upon her, that she was under the necessity of throwing all her guns and boats overboard to lighten her; by which means she escaped them, and soon afterwards ran into the port of Corunna. She proved to be the Magnanime, a new first-rate, mounting 110 brass guns, and carrying 50 pounders on her lower deck. [Hampshire Chronicle, 14 August 1780]

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