Terrible class ship of the line
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The Terrible class was a type of two 110-gun ships of the line
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Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
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- TerribleFrench ship Terrible (1779)The Terrible was a 110-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.She took part in the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2, where she was dismasted by HMS Royal Sovereign...
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 23 October 1778
- Launched: 27 January 1780
- Fate:Broken up in 1804
- MajestueuxFrench ship Majestueux (1781)The Majestueux was a 110-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of Terrible class.She was renamed Républicain in 1797. In 1807, she was decommissioned and used as a transport.-References:...
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 20 April 1780
- Launched: 17 November 1780
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