French_ship_Union_(1764)

French ship <i>Union</i> (1763)

French ship Union (1763)

Ship of the line of the French Navy

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Union.

The Union was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from individuals.

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The construction of Union, initially ordered in 1755, dragged on until 1763. In 1767, she cruised off Morocco under Captain Pierre-Claude Haudeneau de Breugnon.

In 1778, she was converted into a hospital ship and was appointed to a squadron under Admiral d'Orvilliers. She was eventually wrecked in February 1782

References

    • Ships of the line
    • 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. 365. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.


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