French ship Wattignies (1794)
The Wattignies was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
 Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Wattignies (1794), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
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| Namesake: | Battle of Wattignies (1793) |
| Ordered: | 3 July 1793 |
| Builder: | Lorient shipyard |
| Launched: | 1794 |
| Stricken: | 5 September 1808 |
| Fate: | Scrapped on 21 September 1808 |
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| 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 |
She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande in 1798 under captain Antoine René Thévenard.
In July 1808, she was converted to a fluyt.
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