French ship Tourville (1788)
Battle of Prairial, while Mucius Scævola (right) duels with her on her port side. Painting by Nicholas Pocock
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| History | |
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| Name | Tourville |
| Namesake | Anne Hilarion de Tourville |
| Builder | Lorient |
| Laid down | 1 June 1787 |
| Launched | 16 September 1788 |
| Commissioned | July 1790 |
| Decommissioned | 26 October 1833 |
| Fate | Broken up in Brest in 1841 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied ) |
| Beam | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied ) |
| Propulsion | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
Tourville was a
74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy
.
Career
In 1790, she was under Armand de Saint-Félix.[1]
In August 1793, she was damaged by a tempest, which also killed her captain, and had to return to
Cruise of Bruix
. She was eventually broken up in Brest in 1841.
Citations
- ^ Levot, p.468—469
References
- Levot, Prosper (1866). Les gloires maritimes de la France: notices biographiques sur les plus célèbres marins (in French). Bertrand.
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