French Navy ships of the line

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French Navy ships of the line were large, heavily armed sailing warships that formed the core of France’s battle fleets during the age of sail.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf class of warship ⓘ
sailing ship type ⓘ
armament broadside-mounted naval guns ⓘ
carronades ⓘ
constructionMaterial wood ⓘ
countryOfOrigin French First Empire ⓘ
linked to: First French Empire

French First Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of the French ⓘ
Second French Empire ⓘ
designInnovation powerful 118-gun three-deckers ⓘ
standardized 74-gun design ⓘ
developedFrom ship of the line concept ⓘ
feature heavy broadside firepower ⓘ
multiple continuous gun decks ⓘ
square-rigged masts ⓘ
laterDevelopment steam-powered ships of the line ⓘ
navalArchitecturalInfluence influenced by French naval architects such as Jacques-Noël Sané ⓘ
notableShip Austerlitz ⓘ
Bucentaure ⓘ
Commerce de Marseille ⓘ
Héros ⓘ
Majestueux ⓘ
Montebello ⓘ
Orient ⓘ
Redoutable ⓘ
Souverain ⓘ
Tonnant ⓘ
Valmy ⓘ
Ville de Paris ⓘ
Wagram ⓘ
opposedTo Royal Navy ships of the line ⓘ
primaryRole fleet engagement ⓘ
line of battle combat ⓘ
propulsion sail ⓘ
standardType 74-gun ship of the line ⓘ
status obsolete by late 19th century ⓘ
supersededBy ironclad warships ⓘ
timePeriod Age of Sail ⓘ
typicalArmamentRange 50 to 120 guns ⓘ
typicalGunDecks three gun decks ⓘ
two gun decks ⓘ
usedBy French Navy ⓘ
usedInConflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Crimean War ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ

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Sané 118-gun design → usedBy → French Navy ships of the line ⓘ
Scipion → category → Ships of the line of the French Navy ⓘ
linked to: French Navy ships of the line