French ship Conquérant (1747)
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Career (France) | |
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Name: | Conquérant |
Namesake: | "Conqueror" |
Ordered: | 5 March 1743 |
Builder: | Toulon |
Laid down: | February 1745 |
Launched: | 9 March 1746 |
In service: | January 1747 |
Captured: | 2 August 1798 |
Career (UK) | |
Name: | HMS Conquerant |
Acquired: | 2 August 1798 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Citoyen class ship of the line |
Displacement: | 1500 tonnes |
Length: | 55.1 metres |
Beam: | 14.1 metres |
Draught: | 6.8 metres |
Propulsion: | Sail |
Armament: |
74 guns: |
Armour: | Timber |
The Conquérant was a Citoyen class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
She took part in the Battle of the Nile, where she was captured by HMS Audacious. She was subsequently recommissioned in the Royal Navy.