French ship Bourgogne (1766)

History
France
NameBourgogne
NamesakeBourgogne
Ordered16 January 1762
BuilderToulon Dyd
Laid down31 January 1762
Launched26 June 1766
CommissionedNovember 1767
FateWrecked 4 February 1783.
General characteristics
Displacement1,550 tons (French)
Length
  • 54.57 m (179 ft 0 in) (gundeck)
  • 47.43 m (155 ft 7 in) (keel)
Beam14.13 m (46 ft 4 in)
Draught
  • 6.66 m (21 ft 10 in) (fore)
  • 7.47 m (24 ft 6 in) (aft)
Depth of hold6.98 m (22 ft 11 in)
Propulsionsail
Sail planfull rigged
Complement840
Armament
  • Lower deck: 28 × 36-pounder guns
  • Upper deck: 30 × 18-pounder guns
  • Galliards: 16 × 8-pounder guns

Bourgogne was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the Estates of Bourgogne. She was commissioned in 1772, and served in the squadron of the Mediterranean, with a refit in 1775, and another in 1778.

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