Name Aigle Laid down 1794 Length 56 m Weight 2,966 tons Builder Rochefort | Namesake Eagle Launched 1800. Construction started 1794 Beam 15 m | |
Captured By the Royal Navy, 21 October 1805
By the French Navy, 22 October 1805 Fate Sank in storm, 22 October 1805 | ||
Aigle was a 74-gun French ship of the line built at Rochefort in 1800.
In 1805 she sailed to the West Indies with Algésiras where they joined a French fleet under Vice-Admiral Villeneuve.
In October 1805, Aigle took part in the Battle of Trafalgar. She was taken during the battle.
On the following day, her crew rose up against the British prize crew, and recaptured the ship. However, she was wrecked in the storm of 23 October 1805.
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