French ship Audacieux (1784)
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 Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of the Audacieux, on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris |
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| Career (France) |    |
|---|---|
| Name: | Audacieux |
| Namesake: | "Audacious" |
| Ordered: | 15 February 1782 |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Laid down: | 8July 1782 |
| Launched: | 28 August 1784 |
| Commissioned: | 1785 |
| Fate: | Broken up in Brest in 1803 |
| 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 Audacieux was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Between 1791 and 1793, she was decommissioned in Lorient. She joined active service again in 1793, and the next year, she salvaged the Révolutionnaire, dismasted after the Glorious First of June.
She was eventually broken up in 1803.
