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Heureux

Heureux

Captured

French Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74
WarFrench Revolutionary Wars

74-gun ship, at the Nile. She cut her cable and ran aground, struck on 2 August, and was burned by the British.

74 canons - 1780 - échelle 1/72ème - type de navire avec coque doublée au cuivre - par Jacques FICHANT Photo: Manuel Ngo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 74 guns
BuilderToulon
Laid down12 May 1782
Launched19 December 1782
Displacement3,010 tonneaux
Length54.6 m (179 ft 2 in)

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

Career

Launched

19 December 1782

1–3 August 1798

Burned

Fate

Captured

Burnt 29 August 1798