French ship Vengeur (1789)
 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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| History | |
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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 |
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| Length | 55.87 metres (183 ft 4 in) (172 pied) |
| Beam | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 7.26 metres (23 ft 10 in) (22 pied) |
| Propulsion | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
The Vengeur was a 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 Oneglia.
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.
References
[edit]- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.