French ship Fougueux (1785)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Fougueux.
Fougueux was a Téméraire-class 74-gun French ship of the line built at Lorient from 1784 to 1785 by engineer Segondat.
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Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Fougueux (1785), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
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France | |
Name | Fougueux |
Namesake | "Impetuous" |
Builder | Lorient shipyard |
Laid down | 1784 |
Launched | 19 September 1785 |
Fate | Wrecked 22 October 1805 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
Displacement |
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Length | 55.87 metres (183 ft 4 in) (172 pied) |
Beam | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 7.26 metres (23 ft 10 in) (22 pied) |
Propulsion | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
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