Argonaute class ship of the line

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Name Argonaute Completed 2 Length 55.22 metres		Operators French Navy Class and type Argonaute class Beam 14.29 metres

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.

Ships

Argonaute

Builder: Rochefort DockyardOrdered: June 1779Begun: August 1779Launched: 5 June 1781Completed: December 1781Fate: Cut down (raséed) to a 'heavy' frigate 1793-94 and renamed Flibustier; disarmed in December 1795 and later taken to pieces.

Brave

Builder: Lorient DockyardOrdered: June 1779Begun: October 1779Launched: 6 June 1781Completed: November 1781Fate: 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.

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Argonaute-class ship of the line Wikipedia

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