Scale model of
Achille, sister ship of French ship Courageux (1806), on display at the
Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Courageux |
Namesake | Courageous |
Builder | Lorient |
Laid down | 2 November 1801 |
Launched | 3 February 1806 |
In service | 8 April 1806 |
Out of service | 16 March 1831 |
Fate | Broken up 1831 |
General characteristics | |
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 |
Courageux was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of a two-ship sub-type of the Téméraire class that also comprised Marengo.
She was started as Alcide, and renamed in 1802. She was commissioned on 8 April 1806 under Amable Troude. On 16 February 1809, she left Lorient as flagship of a squadron also comprising Polonais and D'Hautpoul.
She was broken up in 1831.
Scale model of
Achille, sister ship of French ship Courageux (1806), on display at the
Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
| |
History | |
---|---|
France | |
Name | Courageux |
Namesake | Courageous |
Builder | Lorient |
Laid down | 2 November 1801 |
Launched | 3 February 1806 |
In service | 8 April 1806 |
Out of service | 16 March 1831 |
Fate | Broken up 1831 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
Displacement |
|
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 |
|
Armour | Timber |
Courageux was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of a two-ship sub-type of the Téméraire class that also comprised Marengo.
She was started as Alcide, and renamed in 1802. She was commissioned on 8 April 1806 under Amable Troude. On 16 February 1809, she left Lorient as flagship of a squadron also comprising Polonais and D'Hautpoul.
She was broken up in 1831.