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Entreprenant

Entreprenant

Survived

French Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74 guns
WarFrench Revolutionary Wars

74-gun ship, launched at Lorient. Taken by the British at Toulon in August 1793 and recovered when they left in December. In the rear of the French line on the Glorious First of June. Broken up in 1803.

1/33rd-scale model of the 74-gun Achille Photo: Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0 fr · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

74 guns

  • Lower gun deck: 28 × 36 pdr guns
  • Upper gun deck: 30 × 18 pdr guns
  • Forecastle and Quarterdeck: 12 × 8 pdr guns, 10 × 36 pdr carronades
BuilderLorient
Laid downMay 1786
Launched12 October 1787
Displacement3,069 tonneaux
Length55.87 m (183 ft 4 in)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

12 October 1787

28 May – 1 June 1794

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1803