![]() Achille (left) being dismasted by HMS Brunswick at the Glorious First of June
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History | |
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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] |
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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.