French ship Téméraire (1749)
For other ships with the same name, see French ship Téméraire and HMS Temeraire.
History | |
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France | |
Name: | Téméraire |
Launched: | 1749 |
Captured: | 18 August 1759, by Royal Navy |
Great Britain | |
Name: | Temeraire |
Acquired: | 18 August 1759 |
Fate: | Sold, 1784 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | 74-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1685 tons (1712 tonnes) |
Length: | 169 ft 2 in (51.56 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 48 ft 0 3⁄4 in (14.6 m) |
Depth of hold: | 20 ft 9 1⁄2 in (6.3 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: | 74 guns of various weights of shot |
Téméraire was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1749.[1]
HMS Warspite captured Téméraire at the Battle of Lagos on 18 August 1759. She was taken into the Royal Navy as the Third Rate HMS Temeraire.[1]
See also
Fate
Temeraire was sold out of the navy in 1784.[1]
Notes
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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