French ship Téméraire (1749)
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| History | |
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.svg){kind=small} France | |
| Name | Téméraire |
| Ordered | 18 December 1747 |
| Builder | Pierre-Blaise Coulomb, Toulon Dockyard |
| Laid down | August 1748 |
| Launched | 24 December 1749 |
| Commissioned | 1750 |
| Captured | 18 August 1759, by Royal Navy |
.svg){kind=small} Great Britain | |
| Name | Temeraire |
| Acquired | 18 August 1759 |
| Fate | Sold, June 1784 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | 74-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tonnage | 1580 |
| Displacement | 2800 |
| Tons burthen | 1685 tons |
| Length | 161¾ French feet[a] |
| Beam | 43½ French feet |
| Draught | 19 French feet |
| Depth of hold | 21 French feet |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 680, + 6/13 officers |
| Armament | 74 guns of various weights of shot |
Téméraire was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, ordered in December 1747 to a design by François Coulomb, and built at Toulon by his cousin, the constructor Pierre-Blaise Coulomb; she was launched on 24 December 1749.[1] Her 74 guns comprised:
28 x 36-pounders on the lower deck
30 x 18-pounders on the upper deck
10 x 8-pounders on the quarterdeck
6 x 8-pounders on the forecastle.
Third Rate HMS Temeraire.[1]
By 1780 she was used as a floating battery used to protect the harbour at Plymouth. She was sold in 1783.[2]
Fate
Temeraire was sold out of the navy in 1784.[1]
See also
Notes
- ^ The French (pre-metric) foot was 6.575% longer than the contemporary British unit of measurement of that name.
Citations
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.
- Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen S., French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing, 2017) ISBN 978-1-4738-9351-1.
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