César-class ship of the line

The César class or Zélé class included two 74-gun ships of the line designed by Joseph Coulomb. They were a development of his earlier 74-gun ship, the Zélé of 1763.


 * César
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Ordered: 10 March 1767
 * Launched: 3 August 1768
 * Fate: Captured and burnt by the British at the Battle of the Saintes, 12 April 1782


 * Destin
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Ordered: 7 February 1770
 * Launched: 21 October 1777
 * Fate: Captured by the British at Toulon in August 1793, and burnt by them there in December 1793

Sources and references

 * Nomenclature des navires français de 1715 á 1774. Alain Demerliac (Editions Omega, Nice – 1995). ISBN 2-906381-19-5.
 * Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2017) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4738-9351-1.
 * Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2017) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4738-9351-1.