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Ship of the line of the French Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tourville was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
 Tourville (left) raking HMS Defence (centre) at the Battle of Prairial, while Mucius Scævola (right) duels with her on her port side. Painting by Nicholas Pocock | |
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Tourville |
| Namesake | Anne Hilarion de Tourville |
| Builder | Lorient |
| Laid down | 1 June 1787 |
| Launched | 16 September 1788 |
| Commissioned | July 1790 |
| Decommissioned | 26 October 1833 |
| Fate | Broken up in Brest in 1841 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement |
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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 |
In 1790, she was under Armand de Saint-Félix.[1]
In August 1793, she was damaged by a tempest, which also killed her captain, and had to return to Brest. In September, a mutiny broke out aboard. She took part in the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2, to the Expédition d'Irlande, and to the Cruise of Bruix. She was eventually broken up in Brest in 1841.
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