French ship Vengeur (1765)
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| Career (France) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Vengeur |
| Namesake: | "Avenger" |
| Owner: | Compagnie des Indes |
| Builder: | Lorient, Caudan |
| Laid down: | May 1756[1] |
| Launched: | 25 October 1756[1] |
| In service: | February 1757 |
| Out of service: | 11 July 1764 in Lorient |
| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | Vengeur |
| Namesake: | "Avenger" |
| Owner: | French Navy |
| Acquired: | July 1765[1] |
| Decommissioned: | February 1784[1] |
| Struck: | April 1784[1] |
| Fate: | Wrecked in March 1785[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 64-gun ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 1300 tonnes[1] |
| Length: | 48 m (157 ft)[1] |
| Beam: | 12.34 m (40.5 ft)[1] |
| Draught: | 5.2 m (17 ft)[1] |
| Complement: | 396 men[1] |
| Armament: | 64 guns: Lower battery: 24 24-pounder long guns[1] |
The Vengeur was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy designed by Antoine Groignard.[1] She saw action with Bailli de Suffren during the American War of Independence.
Vengeur was originally built as an East Indiaman by the French company of the Indies. Her plans, however, followed military specification, as she was suppoesd to be able to integrate a naval squadron if necessary. She cruised as a merchantman from 1757 to 1765, when she was sold to the Navy. After a refit in Brest, she was brought into service under Captain Jean Christy de La Pallière.[1]
She took part in all the battles of the American War of Independence in Suffren's fleet.
She took part in the Action of 18 December 1779, when she, along with Annibal and Réfléchi, saved a convoy from the British off Fort Royal.
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