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Tourville

Tourville

Survived

French Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74
WarFrench Revolutionary Wars

74-gun ship, launched at Lorient. On the Glorious First of June. Broken up in 1841.

The 'Defence' at the Battle of the First of June, 1794 An incident from the five-day battle known as the 'Glorious First of June 1794', during the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802, between the British fleet under Lord Howe and the French fleet under Rear-Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse. This was the fir Photo: Nicholas Pocock, Public domain · 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: 16 × 8 pdr guns
BuilderLorient
Laid down1 June 1787
Launched16 September 1788
CommissionedJuly 1790
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

16 September 1788

28 May – 1 June 1794

Fate

Survived

Broken up in Brest in 1841