French ship Wattignies (1794)
 Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of French ship Wattignies (1794), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. | |
| History | |
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 France
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| Namesake: | Battle of Wattignies (1793) |
| Ordered: | 3 July 1793 |
| Builder: | Lorient shipyard |
| Launched: | 1794 |
| Struck: | 5 September 1808 |
| Fate: | Scrapped on 21 September 1808 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Téméraire class ship of the line |
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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 |
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| Armour: | Timber |
The Wattignies was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande in 1798 under captain Antoine René Thévenard.
In July 1808, she was converted to a fluyt.
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