French ship Triomphant (1675)
For other ships with the same name, see French ship Triomphant and French ship Brave.
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Name: | Triomphant |
Builder: | Brest |
Launched: | 1675 |
Renamed: |
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Fate: | Destroyed by fire on 1 June 1692 |
General characteristics |
The Triomphant was a ship of the line of the French Navy.
Started as Brave in Brest and launched in 1675 as Constant, she was renamed Triomphant in 1678. She took part in the Battle of Beachy Head on July 10, 1690, and in the Battle of Barfleur on May 29, 1692. She caught fire and was destroyed on June 1, 1692 while fighting the English HMS Woolf.
Sources and references
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 445. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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