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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship displacement=1,500 tonnes | 54.7|m|abbr=on}} | 14.3|m|abbr=on}} | 6.7|m|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion= | Ship speed= | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship complement= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=*74 guns:- Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns
- Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder long guns
- Forecastle and Quarter deck:
- 16 × 8-pounder long guns
- 4 × 36-pounder carronades
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}} | Neptune was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Under Captain de Latouche, she captured a 30-gun British privateer named Hercules on 28 October 1778. In 1782, she was part of de Grasse's squadron. Neptune engaged {{HMS|Repulse|1780|6}} and {{HMS|Canada|1765|6}} in the Battle of the Saintes. Decommissioned, she was reactivated to take part in the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2 and in the Croisière du Grand Hiver. She ran aground and was destroyed on 28 December 1794, with the loss of 50. External links - [https://web.archive.org/web/20130323150546/http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_v_V4.html Ships of the line]
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