French ship Fougueux (1747)

Fougueux was a Lys-class third-rate ship of the line of the French Royal Navy, designed by Jacques-Luc Coulomb.^[1]

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Fougueux.

History
France
Name	Fougueux
Builder	Brest
Laid down	January 1745
Launched	March 1747
Commissioned	July 1747
Fate	Captured 1747
Great Britain
Name	Fougueux
Acquired	14 October 1747
Fate	Broken up 21 May 1759
General characteristics in French service
Class & type	Lys-class third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,100 tonnes
Length	48.4 m (158 ft 10 in)
Beam	13.0 m (42 ft 8 in)
Draught	6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Crew	466
Armament	64
General characteristics in British service where different
Tons burthen	1,400 tonnes
Length	51.6 m (169 ft 3 in)
Beam	14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draught	5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Crew	520

Fougueux was captured by the Royal Navy in 1747 during the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre. After this, the ship was commissioned into the Royal Navy under the name HMS Fougueux. In 1758 it was used in the expedition against Île de Gorée.^[2]