French ship Annibal (1778)

Achille (left) being dismasted by HMS Brunswick at the Glorious First of June
History
France
Name	Annibal [1]
Builder	Brest [1]
Laid down	December 1777 [1]
Launched	5 October 1778 [1]
In service	January 1779 [1]
Renamed	Achille, 1786 [1]
Captured	1 June 1794 by Royal Navy[1]
Great Britain
Name	Achille
Commissioned	never commissioned
Fate	Broken up, 1796
General characteristics
Class and type	Annibal-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1500 tonnes
Length	54.7 m (179 ft 6 in)
Beam	14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draught	7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	74 guns of various weights of shot

Annibal was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. She was designed by Jacques-Noël Sané, and was one of the earliest of his works. She was built at Brest in 1778.