Roland was an Artésien-class 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1771.

After it returned, its leader, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, was court-martialled in Brest on 15 May 1775 by a council of war presided over by Vice-Admiral Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché for transporting 200 slaves on Roland from Madagascar to sell in French colonies in defiance of Louis XV, who had issued regulations ordering French Navy officers not to trade in slaves.

Although several other naval officers, many of whom were stationed at Rochefort, had traded in slaves, he was found guilty on 25 May 1776 and sentenced to six years imprisonment.

[3] Roland took part in the Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778 under Gilart de Larchantel.

[4] Roland was destroyed in an accidental fire in Brest on 22 February 1779, along with the nearby frigate Zéphyr.