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French ship Duguesclin (1807)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Duguesclin.
Duguesclin was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
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![]() Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Duguesclin (1807), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
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Name | Duguesclin |
Namesake | Bertrand du Guesclin |
Builder | Antwerp[1] |
Laid down | June 1804 [1] |
Launched | 20 June 1807 [1] |
Decommissioned | 1817 [1] |
Fate | Broken up 1820 |
General characteristics [2] | |
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 |
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