The Guerrier was a Magnifique class

Magnifique class ship of the line

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 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy

French Navy

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She took part in the Battle of Minorca

Battle of Minorca

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 and in the Battle of Lagos

Battle of Lagos

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. She was part of Bougainville

Louis Antoine de Bougainville

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's squadron for the Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War

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, and took part in the operations before the Battle of Rhode Island

Battle of Rhode Island

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, in the Battle of Grenada

Battle of Grenada

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, and in the Siege of Savannah

Siege of Savannah

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In July 1781, she took part in the Invasion of Minorca

Invasion of Minorca, 1781

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. On 9 August, she captured the 700-tonne HMS Scarborough

HMS Scarborough

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By the time of the invasion of Egypt, Guerrier should have been decommissioned for two years , but was nevertheless incorporated in the invasion fleet. She took part in the Battle of the Nile

Battle of the Nile

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, where she was captured by the British. She was so badly damaged that she was burnt.

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