French ship Union (1799)
 Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of French ship Union (1799), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. | |
| History | |
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 France
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| Name: | Union |
| Namesake: | Union |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Launched: | 1799 |
| Fate: | Sank in storm 1806 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
The Union was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was renamed Diomède in 1803. She was wrecked and burnt at the Battle of San Domingo.
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