text: Défenseur 74 (launched 6 March 1754 at Brest, designed by Pierre Salinoc)
  Hector 74 (launched 23 July 1755 at Toulon, designed by Pierre-Blaise Coulomb, finished by Joseph Marie Blaise Coulomb) – captured by the British in the Battle of the Saintes in April 1782, recaptured by the French in September 1782
  Diadème 74 (launched 26 June 1756 at Brest, designed by Jacques-Luc Coulomb) – renamed Brutus in September 1792, BU 1797
  Glorieux 74 (launched 10 August 1756 at Rochefort, designed by François-Guillaume Clairin-Deslauriers) – captured by the British in the Battle of the Saintes in April 1782, sank in a storm in September 1782
  Zodiaque 74 (launched 19 November 1756 at Brest, designed by Jacques-Luc Coulomb) – Condemned in November 1783, sold 1784
  Centaure 74 (launched 17 March 1757 at Toulon, designed by Joseph Marie Blaise Coulomb) – captured by the British in the Battle of Lagos in August 1759 and added to the RN as HMS Centaur, wrecked off Newfoundland in 1782
  Minotaure 74 (launched April 1757 at Brest, designed by Jacques-Luc Coulomb, converted to floating battery in Saint-Domingue in July 1781, hulked from 1785 and stricken, 1784 withdrawn from service, and broken up in June 1787)
  [[Souverain-class ship of the line|Souverain class]] – designed by Noël Pomet.