Argonaute-class ship of the line
The Argonaute class was a class of two 74-gun ships of the French Navy, built to a common design by naval constructor François-Guillaume Clairin-Deslauriers. The design was lengthened by 4feet 9½ inches (4½ pieds) from the designer's previous Scipion class, which had been found to lack stability. The designer died on 10 October 1780, and the construction of these ships was completed by Jean-Denis Chevillard, who was appointed his successor as ingénieur-constructeur en chef at that dockyard in July 1781.[1]
| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Argonaute |
| Operators: |
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| Completed: | 2[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Argonaute class |
| Length: | 55.22 metres |
| Beam: | 14.29 metres |
| Draught: | 7.39 metres |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Armament: |
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Ships
- Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
- Ordered: June 1779
- Begun: August 1779
- Launched: 5 June 1781
- Completed: December 1781
- Fate: Cut down (raséed) to a 'heavy' frigate 1793-94 and renamed Flibustier; disarmed in December 1795 and later taken to pieces.
- Builder: Lorient Dockyard
- Ordered: June 1779
- Begun: October 1779
- Launched: 6 June 1781
- Completed: November 1781
- Fate: Cut down (raséed) to a 'heavy' frigate 1793-94 (but not renamed); reduced to a hulk at Brest in January 1798, and later taken to pieces.
Notes and references
References
- Winfield & Roberts, French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861, p.86.
- Roche, p.48
- Roche, p.84
Bibliography
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 508. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen S. (2017) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626–1786: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4738-9351-1.
- Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen S. (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.
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