French ship Six Corps (1762)
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name: | Six Corps |
| Namesake: | The six corps of the Paris merchants. |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Laid down: | April 1762 |
| Launched: | 29 December 1762 |
| In service: | September 1763 |
| Out of service: | August 1779 |
| Notes: | Offered by the six corps of the Paris merchants. |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1600 tonnes |
| Length: | 57.2 metres |
| Beam: | 14.0 metres |
| Draught: | 6.8 metres |
| Propulsion: | Sail, full rigged ship |
| Armament: | |
| Armour: | Timber |
The Six Corps was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the six corps that regrouped the merchants of Paris.
Six Corps was built in Lorient on plan by engineer Groignard. After her completion, she was commissioned under Captain de Choras, and departed Lorient on 13 September 1763, bound for Brest, where she arrived on 27.
Six Corps was then put in the reserve fleet, and never took part in any military operation. She was refitted in 1775, struck in 1779, and broken up the next year.
External links
- Ships of the line
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 417. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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