Name Téméraire Laid down May 1782 Fate Broken up in 1803 Launched 17 December 1782 Weight 1,966 tons Builder Brest | Namesake "Temerarious" Commissioned July 1783 Construction started May 1782 Length 56 m Beam 15 m | |
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Téméraire was the lead ship of the Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
She took part in the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2, battling HMS Russell.
She took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver of winter 1794-1795, but sustained damage when a leak opened in her hull in the night of the 30 to 31 December, and she had to return to Saint Malo. From 1798, she was in a state of disrepair and needed to be refitted or demolished. She was eventually condemned in 1802 and broken up in 1803.
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