Citoyen-class ship of the line

The Citoyen class consisted of four 74-gun ships of the line all built at Brest Naval Dockyard to a design by Joseph-Louis Ollivier. The first ship was newly built there from 1761 to 1764, and the other three were rebuilt to her design from earlier ships.

• Citoyen

Built at: Brest

Keel laid: July 1761

Launched: 27 August 1764

Completed: December 1764

Fate: decommissioned in 1783 and taken to pieces in 1792

• Conquérant

Originally built at: Toulon

Ordered: 5 March 1743

Originally launched: 9 March 1746

Rebuilt: from January 1765 at Brest to the draught of the Citoyen, re-launched 29 November 1765 and completed in December 1765

Fate: Condemned in May 1796 but put back into service in March 1798, captured by the British on 2 August 1798 at the Battle of the Nile, broken up in Plymouth in January 1803

• Palmier

Originally built at: Brest

Keel laid: November 1750

Originally launched 21 July 1752

Rebuilt: from 23 May 1766 at Brest to the draught of the Citoyen, re-launched in December 1766 and completed in the same month

Fate: Rebuilt again at Brest in 1776. Abandoned and foundered off Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean on 24 October 1782

• Actif

Originally built at: Brest

Keel laid: 1750

Originally launched: 15 December 1752

Rebuilt at: from April 1767 at Brest to the draught of the Citoyen, re-launched on 5 October 1767 and completed in April 1768

Fate: Rebuilt again at Brest in 1774. Condemned in August 1783, sold 1784

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