Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of the Jemmapes, on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris |
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| Career (France) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Jemmapes |
| Namesake: | Battle of Jemappes |
| Ordered: | 19 October 1787 |
| Builder: | Rochefort, Charente-Maritime |
| Laid down: | August 1790 |
| Launched: | 22 January 1794 |
| Commissioned: | March 1794 |
| Decommissioned: | May 1820 |
| 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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The Jemmapes was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Laid down as Alexandre, she was renamed Jemmapes on 7 January 1793 in honour of the Battle of Jemappes. She took part in the Atlantic campaign of May 1794 and ultimately in the Glorious First of June. She was attacked and totally dismasted by HMS Queen, with the loss of 60, including her captain, and 55 wounded.
She took part in the expedition to Saint-Domingue under Julien Cosmao.
She was part of Zacharie Allemand's "invisible squadron", under Captain Jean-Nicolas Petit. She fought at the Battle of the Basque Roads in 1809.
She was used as a hulk in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime from 1830, and was later broken up.