French Ship Courageux (1753)
French Navy: 74 guns
- Gundeck: 28 × 36 pdrs
- Upper gundeck: 30 × 24 pdrs
- Quarterdeck: 16 × 8 pdrs
Royal Navy: 74 guns
- Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
- Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
- Quarterdeck: 18 × 9 pdrs
Courageux was a heavy 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1753. She was captured by the Royal Navy in 1761 and taken into service as HMS Courageux. She was wrecked in 1796.
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