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French ship Magnanime (1803)

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Name
  
Magnanime

Decommissioned
  
1816

Launched
  
18 August 1803

Weight
  
2,966 tons

Builder
  
Rochefort

Laid down
  
June 1802

Construction started
  
June 1802

Length
  
56 m

Beam
  
15 m

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Class and type
  
Téméraire-class ship of the line

Displacement
  
2,966 tonnes 5,260 tonnes fully loaded

Draught
  
7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)

Magnanime was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Her keel was laid in June 1802, and she was launched in Rochefort on 18 August 1803.

She took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805 under Captain Pierre-Francois Violette. On 26 September 1805, flanked by Armide, she attacked and captured HMS Calcutta.

She was decommissioned in 1816.

References

French ship Magnanime (1803) Wikipedia