French ship Téméraire (1782)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Téméraire.
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Téméraire (1782), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
NameTéméraire [1]
Namesake"Temerarious"
BuilderBrest [1]
Laid downMay 1782 [1]
Launched17 December 1782 [1]
CommissionedJuly 1783 [1]
FateBroken up in 1803 [1]
General characteristics
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line [1]
Displacement
  • 1966 tonnes
  • 3260 tonnes fully loaded
Length55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament
ArmourTimber

Téméraire was the lead ship of the Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

In 1782 or 1783, she was under Sainte-Eulalie.[2]

She took part in the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2, battling HMS Russell, under Captain Morel. [1]

She took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver of winter 1794-1795, but sustained damage when a leak opened in her hull in the night of the 30 to 31 December, and she had to return to Saint Malo. [1]

Fate

From 1798, Téméraire was in a state of disrepair and needed to be refitted or demolished. She was eventually condemned in 1802 and broken up in 1803.[1]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Roche (2005), p. 432.
  2. ^ Contenson (1934), p. 167.

References

  • Contenson, Ludovic (1934). La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783). Paris: éditions Auguste Picard. OCLC 7842336.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.