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French ship Vengeur (1803)
Ship of the line of the French Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see French ship Vengeur and French ship Impérial.
Vengeur ("Avenger") was a first-rate 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of the Océan type, designed by Jacques-Noël Sané. She was the first ship in French service to sport 18-pounder long guns on her third deck, instead of the lighter 12-pounder long guns used before for this role.
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Name | Peuple |
Namesake | People |
Renamed | Vengeur |
Namesake | Vengeur du Peuple[1] |
Launched | 1 October 1803 |
Completed | February 1804 |
Renamed | Impérial March 1805 |
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Class and type | Océan class ship of the line |
Displacement | 2 700 tonnes |
Length | 65.18 m (213.8 ft) (196,6 French feet) |
Beam | 16.24 m (53.3 ft) (50 French feet) |
Draught | 8.12 m (26.6 ft) (25 French feet) |
Propulsion | sail, 3 265 m² |
Complement | 1 079 men |
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