Scipion-class ship of the line
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Scipion-class ship of the line
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The Scipion class was a class of three 74-gun ships of the line built to a design by François-Guillaume Clairin-Deslauriers, the ingénieur-constructeur en chef at Rochefort Dockyard. These were the shortest 74-gun ships built by France since the 1750s, and they were found to lack stability as a consequence. The third ship - originally the Pluton - was 'girdled' (sheathed) with 32 cm of pine at Rochefort in 1799 to overcome her instability, and the design of two further ships ordered at the same
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scipion-class_ship_of_the_line
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2023-08-13T23:52:56Z
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