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Ship of the line of the French Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Impétueux was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Launched at Lorient, France, on 24 January 1803 as Brutus, she was renamed Impétueux on 5 February 1803.
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Impétueux (1803), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
History | |
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Name | Impétueux |
Ordered | 31 May 1798 |
Laid down | 22 September 1798 |
Launched | 24 January 1803 as Brutus |
Commissioned | March 1803 |
Decommissioned | 14 September 1806 |
Renamed | Impétueux on 5 February 1803 |
Fate | Beached and set ablaze by the British in Chesapeake on 14 September 1806 |
General characteristics [1] | |
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 |
Impétueux served in the Caribbean under Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez during the Atlantic campaign of 1806.
On 19 August 1806, Impétueux was dismasted in a storm and drifted until 10 September 1806. On 14 September 1806, she was chased by Sir Richard John Strachan's Royal Navy squadron comprising HMS Belleisle, HMS Bellona and HMS Melampus; unable to fight, she beached herself in the Chesapeake Bay. Her wreck was set ablaze by the British and the crew was taken prisoner.
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