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Ship of the line of the French Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Entreprenant was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Entreprenant (1787), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
History | |
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France | |
Name | Entreprenant |
Builder | Lorient |
Laid down | May 1786 |
Launched | 12 October 1787 |
In service | 1788 |
Out of service | 9 November 1802 |
Fate | Broken up, 1803 |
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 |
In December 1792, she assisted the Languedoc. She was taken by the British when they captured Toulon, but was recaptured.
In 1793, she ferried prisoners suspected of anti-revolutionary sympathies from Toulon to Rochefort after Toulon was taken by the British.
She took part in the Glorious First of June and in the Croisière du Grand Hiver.
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