French ship Vengeur (1790)
For other ships of the same name, see French ship Vengeur.
Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of French ship Vengeur (1790), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. | |
Career (France) | |
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Name: | Vengeur |
Builder: | Brest |
Laid down: | 23 May 1788 |
Launched: | 16 December 1789 |
Commissioned: | 20 August 1790 |
Fate: | Sunk on 12 December 1792 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Téméraire class ship of the line |
Displacement: | 2966 tonnes 5260 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 |
The Vengeur was the lead ship of the Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
In 1792, captained by Le Dall Kéréon, she was part to a squadron under Latouche-Tréville. On 26 August, she bombarded the city of Onaglia.
On 12 December 1792, she ran aground off Ajaccio. After attempts to refloat her proved unsuccessful, she was abandoned. She sank on 8 June 1793.