French ship Téméraire (1749)
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Name: | Téméraire |
Launched: | 1749 |
Captured: | 18 August 1759, by Royal Navy |
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Name: | Temeraire |
Acquired: | 18 August 1759 |
Fate: | Sold, 1784 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class & type: | 74-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1685 tons (1712 tonnes) |
Length: | 169 ft 2 in (51.56 m) (gundeck) |
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Depth of hold: | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: | 74 guns of various weights of shot |
Téméraire was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1749.[1]
HMS Warspite captured Téméraire at the Battle of Lagos on 18 August 1759. She was taken into the Royal Navy as the Third Rate HMS Temeraire.[1]
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Fate
Temeraire was sold out of the navy in 1784.[1]
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References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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