Watercolour portrait of Pluton, by François Roux, commissioned by Willaumez.
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Pluton[1] |
Launched | 5 November 1778 |
Commissioned | 1778[1] |
Decommissioned | 1805[1] |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Broken up |
Notes | Renamed Dugommier (1797)[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Scipion class |
Tons burthen | 1500 tonnes |
Length | 53.8 m (176 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 14.1 m (46 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 7.3 m (24 ft) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Armament | 74 to 78 guns of various weights of shot |
Pluton was a Scipion-class 74-gun French ship of the line built at Rochefort.