French ship Téméraire (1749)

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Téméraire and HMS Temeraire.
History
France
Name: Téméraire
Launched: 1749
Captured: 18 August 1759, by Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name: Temeraire
Acquired: 18 August 1759
Fate: Sold, 1784
General characteristics [1]
Class & type: 74-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1685 tons (1712 tonnes)
Length: 169 ft 2 in (51.56 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 48 ft 0 3⁄4 in (14.6 m)
Depth of hold: 20 ft 9 1⁄2 in (6.3 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 74 guns of various weights of shot

Téméraire was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1749.[1]

HMS Warspite captured Téméraire at the Battle of Lagos on 18 August 1759. She was taken into the Royal Navy as the Third Rate HMS Temeraire.[1]

See also

Fate

Temeraire was sold out of the navy in 1784.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1. p178.

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.


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