French ship Saint-Esprit

The Saint-Esprit in action. (Detail of an English painting of 1784)
History
France
Name	Saint-Esprit[1]
Namesake	Order of the Holy Spirit
Ordered	11 January 1762[1]
Builder	Arsenal of Brest[1]
Laid down	May 1762[1]
Launched	12 October 1765[1]
Christened	20 January 1762 [1]
Commissioned	1766[1]
Decommissioned	26 January 1795[1]
Renamed	Scipion in April 1794[1]
Fate	Wrecked off Brest on 26 January 1795[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Saint-Esprit class ship of the line
Displacement	1754 tonnes[1]
Length	59.8 m (196 ft)[1]
Beam	14.9 m (49 ft)[1]
Draught	7.5 m (25 ft)[1]
Complement	970
Armament	80 guns:[1] 30 × 36-pounder long guns 32 × 24-pounder long guns 18 × 18-pounder long guns

The Saint-Esprit ("Holy Ghost") was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.^[1] She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the Order of the Holy Spirit, and named in its honour.