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French ship Vengeur (1790)

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Name
  
Vengeur

Laid down
  
23 May 1788

Construction started
  
23 May 1788

Weight
  
2,966 tons

Builder
  
Brest

Commissioned
  
20 August 1790

Launched
  
16 December 1789

French ship Vengeur (1790)

Fate
  
Sunk on 12 December 1792

Class and type
  
Téméraire class ship of the line

The Vengeur was the lead ship of the Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

In 1792, captained by Le Dall Kéréon, she was part to a squadron under Latouche-Tréville. On 26 August, she bombarded the city of Onaglia.

On 12 December 1792, she ran aground off Ajaccio. After attempts to refloat her proved unsuccessful, she was abandoned. She sank on 8 June 1793.

References

French ship Vengeur (1790) Wikipedia