Souverain class ship of the line
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The Souverain class was a type of two 74-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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- SouverainFrench ship Souverain (1757)The Souverain was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.She took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake, in 1781. In 1792, she was renamed Peuple Souverain ....
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- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 15 February 1782
- Launched: 19 December 1782
- Fate: Burnt by the British after the Battle of the NileBattle of the NileThe Battle of the Nile was a major naval battle fought between British and French fleets at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt from 1–3 August 1798...
, 2 August 1798