French ship Terrible (1779)
Colour engraving of Terrible, 18th century
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| Name: | Terrible |
| Ordered: | 23 October 1778 |
| Builder: | Toulon |
| Laid down: | April 1779 |
| Launched: | 27 January 1780 |
| Commissioned: | May 1780 |
| Decommissioned: | 1802 |
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| Class and type: | Terrible class ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 2500 tonnes |
| Length: | 60.6 m (199 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.2 m (53 ft) |
| Draught: | 8.6 m (28 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Armament: | 110 guns |
| Armour: | Timber |
The Terrible was a 110-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.
In 1793, she took part in a Franco-Spanish fleet assembled before Cádiz under Admiral d'Estaing, but the end of the American War of Independence occurred before it saw action.
She took part in the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2, where she was dismasted by HMS Royal Sovereign. She later took part in the campaign of Winter 1794-1795, and in the Cruise of Bruix.
She was decommissioned in 1802, condemned in May 1804, and eventually broken up in October.
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