French ship Dégo (1798)

	A model of an 18th-century third-rate of the Order of Saint John, similar to the San Zaccharia
History
Malta
Name	San Zaccharia
Namesake	Zechariah
Builder	Senglea Dockyard, Malta
Laid down	1763
Launched	7 March 1765
Completed	By 21 July 1765
Out of service	Surrendered to France in June 1798
France
Name	Dégo
Namesake	First Battle of Dego, Second Battle of Dego
Acquired	June 1798
Out of service	Surrendered to the British on 4 September 1800
Fate	Broken up in 1803
General characteristics
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	64 guns

The San Zaccharia was a 64-gun ship of the line of the Navy of the Order of Saint John, later brought into French Navy service as the Dégo.

Construction of San Zaccharia began in 1763 at Senglea Dockyard, Malta under the supervision of Master Shipwrights Agostino and Giuseppe Scolaro. She was launched two years later on 7 March 1765 and had been completed by 21 July 1765. She served with the Navy of the Order of Saint John until the French invaded Malta on 11 June 1798, as part of the Mediterranean campaign of 1798. Her name was first gallicised into Zacharie, but she was promptly renamed Dégo upon request by Napoleon Bonaparte.

Dégo was blockaded in Valletta harbour during the Siege of Malta by the British, and was used as a prison hulk in Valletta harbour, being steadily stripped for firewood. She was eventually captured when the island surrendered on 4 September 1800, but the British considered her too worn out to take into service. She probably continued in use as a prison hulk, until she was sold for breaking up in 1803.

References

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 146. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.