Name Lion Construction started 30 June 1802 Weight 2,966 tons | Laid down 30 June 1802 Launched 12 January 1804 | |
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Builder Rochefort, Charente-Maritime Fate Scuttled and burnt on 26 October 1809 Class and type Téméraire-class ship of the line Displacement 2,966 tonnes
5,260 tonnes fully loaded | ||
Lion was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
She took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805 under Captain Eleonore-Jean-Nicolas Soleil.
On 21 October 1809, she departed Toulon escorting a convoy bound to Barcelona. Six days into the journey, she encountered a British squadron sent by Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, which gave chase. Lion ran aground near Sète, and was set on fire by her crew to avoid capture.
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French ship Lion (1803) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA