French ship Vengeur (1790)

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Vengeur.

History
Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of French ship Vengeur (1790), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.
France
Name:	Vengeur
Builder:	Brest
Laid down:	23 May 1788
Launched:	16 December 1789
Commissioned:	20 August 1790
Fate:	Sunk on 12 December 1792
General characteristics
Class & type:	Téméraire class ship of the line
Displacement:	2966 tonnes 5260 tonnes fully loaded
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:	74 guns: Lower gundeck: 28 x 36-pounder long guns Upper gundeck: 30 x 18-pounder long guns Forecastle and Quarter deck: 16 x 8-pounder long guns 4 x 36-pdr carronades
Armour:	Timber

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

In 1792, captained by Le Dall Kéréon, she was part to a squadron under Latouche-Tréville. On 26 August, she bombarded the city of Onaglia.

On 12 December 1792, she ran aground off Ajaccio. After attempts to refloat her proved unsuccessful, she was abandoned. She sank on 8 June 1793.

External links

Ships of the line

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