Name Algésiras Laid down 1804 Captured 14 June 1808 Launched 1804 Builder Lorient | Namesake Battle of Algeciras Name Algeciras Construction started 1804 Weight 2,900 tons | |
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Captured By the Royal Navy, 21 October 1805
By the French Navy, 22 October 1805
By Spain, 14 June 1808 | ||
Algésiras was a Téméraire class 74-gun French ship of the line built at Lorient in 1804, named after the Battle of Algeciras.
In 1805 she sailed to the West Indies with Aigle where they joined a French fleet under Vice-Admiral Villeneuve.
In October 1805 she took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, under Rear Admiral Charles Magon. She was engaged by HMS Tonnant at point-blank range, and Magon attempted a boarding, but the boarding party was annihilated by British fire which killed all but one of the party, who was made prisoner. Magon was killed. The fight went on for an hour with Tonnant's starboard guns duelling with the Algésiras, the port guns with Pluton, and the forward guns aimed at the San Juan Nepomuceno. Algésiras finally surrendered to Tonnant at around 14:30.
During the storm after the battle, her crew rose up against the British prize crew, and recaptured the ship. She sailed to Cádiz flying French colours.
On 14 June 1808 she was captured by the Spanish along with all the other French ships in Cadiz.