The Saint-Esprit group was a type of three 80-gun ships of the line of the French Navy. They did not constitute a single class, as each was built to a separate design, but they each carried a standard ordnance amounting to 80 guns.
Ships in class Saint-Esprit. Renamed Scipion.Winfield & Roberts, p. 55 Builder: Brest Ordered: 11 January 1762 Launched: 12 October 1765 Fate: Lost in storm on 26 January 1795
Languedoc, renamed Anti-fédéraliste and Victoire. Builder: Toulon Ordered: 9 December 1761 Launched: 15 May 1766 Fate: Broken up in 1799 in Brest
Couronne. Builder: Arsenal of Brest Ordered: 1766 Launched: May 1768 Fate: Accidentally burnt at Brest in 1781. A replacement, Couronne was constructed from the salvaged remains. Renamed Ça Ira in 1792, this ship was captured by Britain on 14 March 1795, destroyed in an accidental fire on 11 April 1796.
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