French ship Invincible (1780)
Detail of Royal Louis sistership at Musee national de la Marine. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Invincible |
| Builder | Rochefort |
| Laid down | 20 February 1779 |
| Launched | 20 March 1780 |
| Commissioned | May 1780 |
| Fate | Broken up in 1806 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | First-rate ship of the line |
| Type | Invincible class |
| Displacement | 4,670 ton |
| Tons burthen | 2400 tonnes |
| Length | 59.8 m (196 ft) |
| Beam | 16.2 m (53 ft) |
| Height | 8.3 m (27 ft) |
| Depth of hold | 7.83m |
| Decks | 3 |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Crew | 1,055 officers and men in 1780 |
| Armament | 110 guns |
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Invincible was a first-rate ship of the line of the French Royal Navy.
Built on plans by Francois Guillaume Clairin Deslauriers at Rochefort as part of the French naval mobilisation for the American War of Independence, she was a sister-ship of Royal Louis.
She was built within 13 month and completed in May 1780.