&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Combat_du_20_octobre_1778.jpg) Naval battle off the coast of Lisbon, 20 October 1778. The French ship Triton against the British ship Jupiter and the frigate Medea. Painting by Pierre-Julien Gilbert
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| History | |
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| Name | Triton |
| Ordered | 9 November 1745 [1] |
| Builder | Toulon [1] |
| Laid down | January 1747 [1] |
| Launched | 4 August 1747 [1] |
| In service | December 1747 [1] |
| Out of service | 1794 [1] |
| Fate | Broken up 1794 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Tons burthen | 1240 tonne |
| Length | 48.6 metres |
| Beam | 13.2 metres |
| Draught | 6.8 metres |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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| Notes | 6-month autonomy.[3] |
Triton was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy designed by François Coulomb the Younger. She took part in the Seven Years' War and in the War of American Independence.
- ^ a b c d e f Roche (2005), p. 447.
- ^ Roche (2005), p. 20.
- ^ a b c Demerliac (1995), p. 44, n°258.