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French ship Magnanime (1803)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Magnanime.
Magnanime was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
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Name | Magnanime |
Builder | Rochefort |
Laid down | June 1802 |
Launched | 18 August 1803 |
Decommissioned | 1816 |
Fate | Broken up 1820 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
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Length | 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied) |
Beam | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (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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Her keel was laid in June 1802, and she was launched in Rochefort on 18 August 1803.
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She took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805 under Captain Pierre-Francois Violette. On 26 September 1805, flanked by Armide, she attacked and captured HMS Calcutta.
She was decommissioned in 1816.