French ship Pluton (1778)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Pluton.

Pluton was a Scipion-class 74-gun French ship of the line built at Rochefort.

Scipion (third from right), Pluton's sister ship, raking HMS London during the action of 18 October 1782
History
France
Name	Pluton[1]
Launched	5 November 1778
Commissioned	1778[1]
Decommissioned	1805[1]
Honours & awards	Participated in: Battle of Martinique (1780) Battle of Fort Royal (1781) Battle of Chesapeake (1781) Battle of Saint Kitts (1782) Battle of the Saintes (1782)
Fate	Broken up
Notes	Renamed Dugommier (1797)[1]
General characteristics
Class & type	Scipion class
Tons burthen	1500 tonnes
Length	53.8 m (176 ft 6 in)
Beam	14.1 m (46 ft 3 in)
Draught	7.3 m (24 ft)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	74 to 78 guns of various weights of shot

Career

Pluton took part in the Battle of Martinique on 17 April 1780, under La Marthonie.^[2] Albert de Rions took command, and captained her at the Battle of Martinique on 29 April 1781,^[3] at the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781,^[4] at St. Kitts on 24–25 January 1782,^[5] and at the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April.^[6][1]

She was renamed Dugommier in 1797 and seems to have seen little further active service. She was broken up in 1805.^[1]