In 1805 she sailed to the West Indies with Aigle where they joined a French fleet under Vice-Admiral Villeneuve.
In October 1805 she took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, under Rear Admiral Charles Magon. She was engaged by HMS Tonnant at point-blank range, and Magon attempted a boarding, but the boarding party was annihilated by British fire which killed all but one of the party, who was made prisoner. Magon was killed. The fight went on for an hour with Tonnant's starboard guns duelling with the Algésiras, the port guns with Pluton, and the forward guns aimed at the San Juan Nepomuceno. Algésiras finally surrendered to Tonnant at around 14:30.
During the storm after the battle, her crew rose up against the British prize crew, and recaptured the ship. She sailed to Cádiz flying French colours.
^Clouet, Alain (2007). . dossiersmarine.free.fr. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
Referencesedit
Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1862: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN978-1-84832-204-2.
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french, ship, algésiras, 1804, other, ships, with, same, name, french, ship, algésiras, algésiras, téméraire, class, french, ship, line, built, lorient, 1804, named, after, battle, algeciras, scale, model, achille, sister, ship, display, musée, national, marin. For other ships with the same name see French ship Algesiras Algesiras was a Temeraire class 74 gun French ship of the line built at Lorient in 1804 named after the Battle of Algeciras Scale model of Achille sister ship of French ship Algesiras 1804 on display at the Musee national de la Marine in Paris History France NameAlgesiras NamesakeBattle of Algeciras BuilderLorient Laid down1804 Launched8 July 1804 CapturedBy the Royal Navy 21 October 1805 By the French Navy 22 October 1805 By Spain 14 June 1808 Spain NameAlgeciras Captured14 June 1808 FateBroken up in 1826 General characteristics 1 Class and typeTemeraire class ship of the line Displacement2 900 tonnes Length55 87 m 183 ft 4 in 172 French feet Beam14 90 m 48 ft 11 in 44 6 Draught7 26 m 23 ft 10 in 22 French feet PropulsionUp to 2485 m of sails Complement3 officers 690 men Armament74 guns 28 36 pounder 16 kg 30 24 pounder 11 kg 16 8 pounder 3 6 kg 4 36 pounder 16 kg carronades ArmourTimber In 1805 she sailed to the West Indies with Aigle where they joined a French fleet under Vice Admiral Villeneuve In October 1805 she took part in the Battle of Trafalgar under Rear Admiral Charles Magon She was engaged by HMS Tonnant at point blank range and Magon attempted a boarding but the boarding party was annihilated by British fire which killed all but one of the party who was made prisoner Magon was killed The fight went on for an hour with Tonnant s starboard guns duelling with the Algesiras the port guns with Pluton and the forward guns aimed at the San Juan Nepomuceno Algesiras finally surrendered to Tonnant at around 14 30 During the storm after the battle her crew rose up against the British prize crew and recaptured the ship She sailed to Cadiz flying French colours On 14 June 1808 she was captured by the Spanish along with all the other French ships in Cadiz See also editList of ships captured in the 19th centuryCitations edit Clouet Alain 2007 La marine de Napoleon III classe Temeraire caracteristiques dossiersmarine free fr Archived from the original on 23 March 2013 Retrieved 4 April 2013 References editWinfield Rif Roberts Stephen S 2015 French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 1862 Design Construction Careers and Fates Seaforth ISBN 978 1 84832 204 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title French ship Algesiras 1804 amp oldid 1168883716, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
