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French ship Duguay-Trouin (1788)

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Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Duguay-Trouin (1788), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
French Navy Ensign France
NameDuguay-Trouin
NamesakeRené Duguay-Trouin
BuilderBrest[1]
Laid down1787 [1]
Launched30 October 1788 [1]
CommissionedJuly 1790 [1]
Decommissioned1793
FateScuttled 1793
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 1,966 tonnes
  • 3,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament
ArmourTimber

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

Career

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In 1791, Duguay-Trouin ferried troops from Brest to Martinique and Saint Domingue, along with Amphitrite, Danaé, Éole, Apollon, Didon and Jupiter. The next year, she patrolled off Bretagne.

In 1793, Duguay-Trouin took part in the operations in Sardinia, and ran aground off Cagliari on 12 February, although she managed to break free on 19.

Present at Toulon when the city was surrendered to the British by a rebellion of Royalists, she was scuttled by fire at the end of the Siege of Toulon. The wreck was raised in 1807 and broken up.

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d Roche, vol.1, p.161
  2. ^ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

References

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  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 198. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.