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 | |
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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.
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