French ship Bourgogne (1766)

History
French Navy EnsignFrance
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 (179.0 ft) (gundeck)
  • 47.43 m (155.6 ft) (keel)
Beam14.13 m (46.4 ft)
Draught
  • 6.66 m (21.9 ft) (fore)
  • 7.47 m (24.5 ft) (aft)
Depth of hold6.98 m (22.9 ft)
Propulsionsail
Sail planfull rigged
Complement840
Armament
  • Lower deck: 28 × 36-pounder guns
  • Upper deck: 30 × 18-pounder guns
  • Galliards: 16 × 8-pounder guns

The 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.