French ship Le Triomphant (1804)

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the Triomphant
Scale model on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris
Career (France) French Navy Ensign
Namesake: Triumph
Builder: Rochefort
Laid down: 1804
Launched: 1809
Fate: Hulk, 1828
General characteristics
Class and type: Téméraire class ship of the line
Displacement: 2900 tonnes
Length: 55.87 metres (172 French feet)
Beam: 14.90 metres (44' 6)
Draught: 7,26 metres (22 French feet)
Propulsion: Up to 2485 m² of sails
Complement: 3 officers + 690 men
Armament:

74 guns:

  • 28 x 36 pdr (16 kg)
  • 30 x 24 pdr (11 kg)
  • 16 x 8 pdr (3.6 kg)
  • 4 x 36 pdr (16 kg) carronades

The Triomphant was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy (of the Duquesne sub-class).

Built in Rochefort in 1804, she was launched in 1809.

She was converted to a hulk in 1828.

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