French ship Apollon (1740)

Apollon was an 18th-century ship of the line in service with the Royal French Navy.

She was launched in 1740 at Rochefort[1] as a two-decked ship of the line of the Vaisseaux de 50 class of warships.

[1] During the War of the Austrian Succession, she engaged and captured the 45-gun HMS Anglesea after the British ship was rendered inoperable.

The remains of the warship, along with several other ships in wrecked in Louisbourg harbor, were later salvaged by the citizens of Louisbourg and used as building materials.

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