The Souverain class was a type of two 74-gun ships of the line. * Souverain Builder: Toulon Ordered: 25 October 1755 Launched: December 1755 Fate: Captured by the British after the Battle of the Nile, 2 August 1798. * Protecteur Builder: Toulon Ordered: 15 February 1782 Launched: 19 December 1782 Fate: Burnt by the British after the Battle of the Nile, 2 August 1798