French ship Vengeur (1789)
The Vengeur was the lead ship of the Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
 Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Vengeur (1789), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| Armour: | Timber |
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.
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