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Intrépide

Intrépide

Captured

French Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74
WarNapoleonic Wars

74-gun ship, at Trafalgar, where Captain Infernet fought on alone after Dumanoir sailed away. Taken, and burned by the British.

The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805; 'Second Picture', the boarding of the 'San Augustino' by the 'Leviathan' This painting is inscribed by Pocock in ink 'Second Picture/ the Boarding'. The ships are identified, left to right, in pencil as 'Orion', 'Africa', 'L'Intrepide', 'Leviathan', ‘San Aug Photo: Nicholas Pocock, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 74 guns
Launched20 November 1790

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

Career

Launched

20 November 1790

21 October 1805

Burned by the British

Fate

Captured

Scuttled on 23 October 1805