French ship Quatorze Juillet (1798)
 Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of French ship Quatorze Juillet (1798), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. | |
| Career (France) |    |
|---|---|
| Name: | Quatorze Juillet |
| Namesake: | Bastille day |
| Ordered: | 23 May 1794 |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Laid down: | August 1794 |
| Launched: | 1 February 1798 |
| Struck: | 28 April 1798 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 2,966 tonnes 5,260 tonnes fully loaded |
| Length: | 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied) |
| Beam: | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied) |
| Propulsion: | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
| Armament: | 74 guns:
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| Armour: | Timber |
Quatorze Juillet was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
During her completion, she was accidentally set afire and was destroyed before being commissioned.
References
- ↑ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France 3. Challamel ainé.