Prudent was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Built in the Rochefort Arsenal in 1753, she entered service during the opening year of the French and Indian War.

During the 1758 siege of Louisbourg she was one of a fleet of 11 French ships trapped in Louisbourg by a superior Royal Navy force; during the final night of the siege, she was boarded by British sailors and set on fire, resulting in her loss.

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