French ship Ça Ira (1768)

French ship Ça Ira (1768)

The "Couronne" was a 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

She took part in the Battle of Martinique under Guichen.

In 1792 she was renamed "Ça Ira", in reference to the revolutionary anthem "Ah! ça ira".

She was destroyed in April 1796 in an accidental fire.


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