French ship Ça Ira (1781)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship La Couronne and French ship Ça Ira.
The Couronne was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
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Model of Couronne, on display at the Château de Brest. | |
History | |
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France | |
Name | Ça-Ira |
Builder | Arsenal of Brest |
Laid down | May 1781 |
Launched | August 1781 |
Christened | 1781 as La Couronne |
Renamed | Renamed Ça-Ira in 1792 |
Captured | Captured by the Royal Navy on 14 March 1795 |
Fate | Burnt 1796 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Saint-Esprit class ship of the line |
Displacement | 1754 tonnes |
Length | 59.8 m (196 ft) |
Beam | 14.9 m (49 ft) |
Draught | 7.5 m (25 ft) |
Complement | 970 |
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