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Téméraire

Téméraire

Survived

French Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74 guns
WarFrench Revolutionary Wars

74-gun ship. She joined Villaret's fleet from Nielly's squadron in time for the Glorious First of June. Broken up at Brest 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-pounder long guns
  • Upper gun deck: 30 × 18-pounder long guns
  • Forecastle and Quarterdeck: 12 × 8-pounder long guns, 10 × 36-pounder carronades
BuilderBrest
Laid downMay 1782
Launched17 December 1782
CommissionedJuly 1783
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

17 December 1782

28 May – 1 June 1794

Joined from Nielly's squadron

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1803