Name Argonaute Ordered 10 July 1794 Laid down 10 July 1794 Construction started 10 July 1794 Length 56 m Beam 15 m | Namesake Argonauts Builder Lorient shipyard Commissioned September 1799 Launched 22 December 1798 Weight 2,966 tons | |
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Argonaute was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Under Vice-amiral Villaret de Joyeuse, she took part in the expedition to Saint-Domingue in 1802. She took part in the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805, and managed to return to Cádiz. Unable to leave the harbour because of the British blockage and damage, she was exchanged for the Spanish ship Vencedor in December 1806. She was renamed Argonauta, but was never recommissioned.
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