French ship Vengeur (1790)
 Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Vengeur (1790), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. | |
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| 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 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 |
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| 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.
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