French ship Éole (1789)
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For other ships of the same name, see French ship Éole.
 Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of the Éole, on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris |
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| Career (France) |    |
|---|---|
| Name: | Éole |
| Namesake: | Aeolus |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Laid down: | 1 June 1787 |
| Launched: | 15 November 1789 |
| Commissioned: | August 1790 |
| Fate: | Broken up in Baltimore in 1816 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Téméraire class ship of the line |
| Displacement: |
2 966 tonnes |
| Length: | 55.87 metres (172 French feet) |
| Beam: | 14.90 metres (44' 6) |
| Draught: | 7.26 metres (22 French feet) |
| Propulsion: | Up to 2 485 m² of sails |
| Complement: | 678 men |
| Armament: |
74 guns:
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| Armour: | Timber |
The Éole was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Between 1791 and 1793, she was based in Saint-Domingue. She took part in the Glorious First of June, where she and Trajan dismasted HMS Bellerophon.
She later took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, an ill-fated attempt to invade Ireland.
On 19 August 1806, she was dismasted by a tempest off Martinique, and had to be taken in tow by American ships to Annapolis. She was eventually condemned in 1811, and broken up in 1816.
