Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of the Trajan, on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris |
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| Career (France) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Trajan |
| Namesake: | Trajan |
| Ordered: | 19 October 1787 |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Laid down: | 17 May 1790 |
| Launched: | 24 January 1792 |
| Commissioned: | November 1792 |
| Decommissioned: | June 1802 |
| 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 Trajan was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
In 1793, Trajan was commissioned in Lorient, under captain Villaret de Joyeuse.
At the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2, along with Éole, she engaged and dismasted HMS Bellerophon.
In 1797, she took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, an ill-fated attempt to invade Ireland. On 17 December 1797, she was renamed Gaulois.
She was eventually broken up in 1805.