Name Courageux Laid down 2 November 1801 Out of service 16 March 1831 Launched 3 February 1806 Weight 2,966 tons | Namesake Courageous In service 8 April 1806 Construction started 2 November 1801 Length 56 m Beam 15 m | |
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Courageux was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of a two-ship sub-type of the Téméraire class that also comprised Marengo.
She was started as Alcide, and renamed in 1802. She was commissioned on 8 April 1806 under Amable Troude. On 16 February 1809, she left Lorient as flagship of a squadron also comprising Polonais and Hautpoult.
Fate
She was broken up in 1831.
References
French ship Courageux (1806) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA