Name Duguay-Trouin Laid down 1787 Decommissioned 1793 Launched 30 October 1788 Weight 1,966 tons Builder Brest | Commissioned July 1790 Construction started 1787 Length 56 m Beam 15 m | |
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Duguay-Trouin was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Career
In 1791, Duguay-Trouin ferried troops from Brest to Martinique and Saint Domingue, along with Amphitrite, Danaé, Éole, Apollon, Didon and Jupiter. The next year, she patrolled off Bretagne.
In 1793, Duguay-Trouin took part in the operations in Sardinia, and ran aground off Cagliari on 12 February, although she managed to break free on 19.
Present at Toulon when the city was surrendered to the British by a rebellion of Royalists, she was scuttled by fire at the end of the Siege of Toulon. The wreck was raised in 1807 and broken up.
References
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