Pluton was a Téméraire class74-gunFrenchship of the line built at Toulon. She was one of two prototypes for a derivative sub-class of the original design; this sub-class (slightly smaller than the primary design) was specially intended for construction in some of the shipyards in states occupied by the French, where there was less depth of water than in the main French shipyards. Although the Pluton (and her sister, the Borée) were built at Toulon, all other vessels of this sub-class were built in these overseas yards, notably at Antwerp but also at Genoa, Trieste, Venice, Amsterdam, Flushing and Rotterdam.
She was captured by Spain in Cadiz on 14 June 1808 and commissioned in the Spanish Navy as Pluton. She was renamed Montañes on 20 April 1810, and was eventually broken up in 1816.
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