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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Combat_du_20_octobre_1778.jpg/450px-Combat_du_20_octobre_1778.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Combat_du_20_octobre_1778.jpg/600px-Combat_du_20_octobre_1778.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1214" /></a></span><div>Naval battle off the coast of Lisbon, 20 October 1778. The French ship <i>Triton</i> against the British ship <i>Jupiter</i> and the frigate <i>Medea</i>. Painting by <a href="/wiki/Pierre-Julien_Gilbert" title="Pierre-Julien Gilbert">Pierre-Julien Gilbert</a></div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_France_(1814%E2%80%931830).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="French Royal Navy Ensign"><img alt="French Royal Navy Ensign" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_France_%281814%E2%80%931830%29.svg/42px-Flag_of_France_%281814%E2%80%931830%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_France_%281814%E2%80%931830%29.svg/63px-Flag_of_France_%281814%E2%80%931830%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_France_%281814%E2%80%931830%29.svg/84px-Flag_of_France_%281814%E2%80%931830%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><span style="padding-left:1em">France</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Triton</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Ordered</td><td>9 November 1745 <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoche2005447-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td>Toulon <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoche2005447-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>January 1747 <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoche2005447-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>4 August 1747 <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoche2005447-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">In service</td><td>December 1747 <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoche2005447-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Out of service</td><td>1794 <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoche2005447-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Broken up 1794</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche200520_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoche200520-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Tons burthen</td><td>1240 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">tonne</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>48.6 metres</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>13.2 metres</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>6.8 metres</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>Sails</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sail plan</td><td><a href="/wiki/Full-rigged_ship" title="Full-rigged ship">Full-rigged ship</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">9 to 12 officiers</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">480 to 560 men<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDemerliac199544n°258_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDemerliac199544n°258-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">26 × <a href="/wiki/24-pounder_long_gun" title="24-pounder long gun">24-pounder long guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">28 × <a href="/wiki/12-pounder_long_gun" title="12-pounder long gun">12-pounder long guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">10 × <a href="/w/index.php?title=6-pounder_long_gun&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="6-pounder long gun (page does not exist)">6-pounder long guns</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDemerliac199544n°258_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDemerliac199544n°258-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td>6-month autonomy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDemerliac199544n°258_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDemerliac199544n°258-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i><b>Triton</b></i> was a 64-gun <a href="/wiki/Ship_of_the_line" title="Ship of the line">ship of the line</a> of the <a href="/wiki/French_Navy" title="French Navy">French Navy</a> designed by <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Coulomb_the_Younger" title="François Coulomb the Younger">François Coulomb the Younger</a>. She took part in the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/War_of_American_Independence" class="mw-redirect" title="War of American Independence">War of American Independence</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_ship_Triton_(1747)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 30 July 1757, <i>Triton</i> rescued the crew of the 30-gun frigate <a href="/w/index.php?title=French_frigate_Rose_(1754)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="French frigate Rose (1754) (page does not exist)"><i>Rose</i></a>, and her captain, <a href="/wiki/Hippolyte_de_Sade_de_Vaudronne" title="Hippolyte de Sade de Vaudronne">Sade de Vaudronne</a>, had her beached and scuttled by fire to prevent her falling into British hands after a battle with the 32-gun <a href="/wiki/HMS_Thames_(1758)" title="HMS Thames (1758)">HMS <i>Thames</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005386_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoche2005386-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 1758, under Captain du Lac de Montvert, <i>Triton</i> captured the frigate <a href="/wiki/HMS_Deal_Castle_(1756)" title="HMS Deal Castle (1756)">HMS <i>Deal Castle</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoche2005447-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><i>Triton</i> took part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lagos" title="Battle of Lagos">Battle of Lagos</a> on 18–19 August 1759.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETroude1867a372–373_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETroude1867a372–373-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1777, she was under <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Louis_de_Brach" title="François-Louis de Brach">Brach</a>. Navy Minister <a href="/wiki/Antoine_de_Sartine" title="Antoine de Sartine">Sartine</a> chose her to be one of the six ships held ready for immediate departure at all times.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet191091_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet191091-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1778, <i>Triton</i> was part of the squadron under <a href="/wiki/Louis_Guillouet,_comte_d%27Orvilliers" title="Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers">Orvilliers</a>, being the last ship in the First Division of the Blue Squadron (Rear).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet1910617_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet1910617-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her commanding officer was Captain <a href="/wiki/Gaspard_de_Ligond%C3%A8s" title="Gaspard de Ligondès">Ligondès</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchives_nationales201120_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchives_nationales201120-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Action_of_20_October_1778" title="Action of 20 October 1778">action of 20 October 1778</a>, <i>Triton</i> managed to disable <a href="/wiki/HMS_Medea_(1778)" title="HMS Medea (1778)">HMS <i>Medea</i></a> and fight of the 50-gun <a href="/wiki/HMS_Jupiter_(1778)" title="HMS Jupiter (1778)"><i>Jupiter</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet1910606_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet1910606-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1779, she was part of the light squadron in <a href="/wiki/Louis_Guillouet,_comte_d%27Orvilliers" title="Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers">Orvilliers</a>' fleet, under <a href="/wiki/Jean_Isaac_Chadeau_de_la_Clocheterie" title="Jean Isaac Chadeau de la Clocheterie">La Clocheterie</a> <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet1910640_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet1910640-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1780, she was part on <a href="/wiki/Luc_Urbain_de_Bou%C3%ABxic,_comte_de_Guichen" class="mw-redirect" title="Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen">Guichen</a>'s squadron, under Captain <a href="/wiki/Chevalier_de_Boades" title="Chevalier de Boades">Brun de Boades</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchives_nationales2011284_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchives_nationales2011284-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet1910643_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet1910643-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She took part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Martinique_(1780)" title="Battle of Martinique (1780)">Battle of Martinique</a> on 17 April 1780.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETroude1867b71_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETroude1867b71-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 21 August 1780, Captain <a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis-Joseph-Fran%C3%A7ois_Deydier_de_Pierrefeu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Louis-Joseph-François Deydier de Pierrefeu (page does not exist)">Deydier de Pierrefeu</a> took command, until 2 June 1782.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEContenson1934243_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEContenson1934243-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1781, she was attached to a squadron under <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Aymar_de_Monteil" title="François-Aymar de Monteil">Monteil</a>, and took part in the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Pensacola" title="Siege of Pensacola">Siege of Pensacola</a> from 21 April.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoche2005447-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 November 1782, <i>Triton</i> was at <a href="/wiki/Saint-Pierre,_Martinique" title="Saint-Pierre, Martinique">Saint-Pierre, Martinique</a>, part of a squadron that comprised <a href="/wiki/French_ship_Solitaire_(1774)" title="French ship Solitaire (1774)"><i>Solitaire</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_frigate_R%C3%A9solue_(1778)" title="French frigate Résolue (1778)"><i>Résolue</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_frigate_Nymphe_(1782)" title="French frigate Nymphe (1782)"><i>Nymphe</i></a>, and the brig <a href="/w/index.php?title=French_brig_speedy_(1782)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="French brig speedy (1782) (page does not exist)"><i>Speedy</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuérin1857124_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuérin1857124-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 February 1783, <i>Triton</i> captured the 12-gun HMS <i>Tickler</i> off Cuba.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoche2005447-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fate">Fate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_ship_Triton_(1747)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Fate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the war, <i>Triton</i> was put in the ordinary at Toulon. from 1783 to 1785, she was on loan to the Compagnie de Chine as a merchantman.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoche2005447-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was eventually broken up in Cherbourg in 1794.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoche2005447-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_ship_Triton_(1747)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The six ships held in a state of maximum readiness in Brest were the <a href="/wiki/74-gun" class="mw-redirect" title="74-gun">74-gun</a> <a href="/wiki/French_ship_Robuste_(1758)" title="French ship Robuste (1758)"><i>Robuste</i></a>, under <a href="/wiki/Toussaint-Guillaume_Picquet_de_la_Motte" title="Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte">Lamotte-Picquet</a>; <a href="/wiki/French_ship_Actif_(1767)" title="French ship Actif (1767)"><i>Actif</i></a>, under Hector; <a href="/wiki/French_ship_Fendant_(1777)" title="French ship Fendant (1777)"><i>Fendant</i></a>, under <a href="/wiki/Louis_de_Rigaud_de_Vaudreuil" title="Louis de Rigaud de Vaudreuil">Vaudreuil</a>; and the 64-gun <a href="/wiki/French_ship_Bizarre_(1751)" title="French ship Bizarre (1751)"><i>Bizarre</i></a>, under <a href="/wiki/Louis_Augustin_de_Monteclerc" title="Louis Augustin de Monteclerc">Montecler</a>; <a href="/wiki/French_ship_Roland_(1771)" title="French ship Roland (1771)"><i>Roland</i></a>, under <a href="/wiki/Louis_Guillaume_de_Parscau_du_Plessix" title="Louis Guillaume de Parscau du Plessix">Du Plessis Parscau</a>; and <i>Triton</i>, under <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Louis_de_Brach" title="François-Louis de Brach">Brach</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet191091_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet191091-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_ship_Triton_(1747)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERoche2005447-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005447_1-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRoche2005">Roche (2005)</a>, p. 447.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERoche200520-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche200520_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRoche2005">Roche (2005)</a>, p. 20.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDemerliac199544n°258-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDemerliac199544n°258_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDemerliac199544n°258_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDemerliac199544n°258_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDemerliac1995">Demerliac (1995)</a>, p. 44, n°258.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERoche2005386-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoche2005386_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRoche2005">Roche (2005)</a>, p. 386.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETroude1867a372–373-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETroude1867a372–373_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTroude1867a">Troude (1867a)</a>, p. 372–373.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet191091-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet191091_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet191091_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLacour-Gayet1910">Lacour-Gayet (1910)</a>, p. 91.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet1910617-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet1910617_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLacour-Gayet1910">Lacour-Gayet (1910)</a>, p. 617.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchives_nationales201120-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchives_nationales201120_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFArchives_nationales2011">Archives nationales (2011)</a>, p. 20.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet1910606-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet1910606_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLacour-Gayet1910">Lacour-Gayet (1910)</a>, p. 606.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet1910640-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet1910640_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLacour-Gayet1910">Lacour-Gayet (1910)</a>, p. 640.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchives_nationales2011284-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchives_nationales2011284_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFArchives_nationales2011">Archives nationales (2011)</a>, p. 284.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet1910643-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELacour-Gayet1910643_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLacour-Gayet1910">Lacour-Gayet (1910)</a>, p. 643.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETroude1867b71-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETroude1867b71_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTroude1867b">Troude (1867b)</a>, p. 71.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEContenson1934243-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEContenson1934243_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFContenson1934">Contenson (1934)</a>, p. 243.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuérin1857124-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuérin1857124_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGuérin1857">Guérin (1857)</a>, p. 124.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_ship_Triton_(1747)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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