![]() Naval battle off the coast of Lisbon, 20 October 1778. The French ship Triton against the British ship Jupiter and the frigate Medea. Painting by Pierre-Julien Gilbert
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Name | Triton |
Ordered | 9 November 1745 [1] |
Builder | Toulon [1] |
Laid down | January 1747 [1] |
Launched | 4 August 1747 [1] |
In service | December 1747 [1] |
Out of service | 1794 [1] |
Fate | Broken up 1794 |
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Tons burthen | 1240 tonne |
Length | 48.6 metres |
Beam | 13.2 metres |
Draught | 6.8 metres |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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Notes | 6-month autonomy.[3] |
Triton was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy designed by François Coulomb the Younger. She took part in the Seven Years' War and in the War of American Independence.
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