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French ship Entreprenant (1787)

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
France
NameEntreprenant
BuilderLorient
Laid downMay 1786
Launched12 October 1787
In service1788
Out of service9 November 1802
FateBroken up, 1803
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 1,966 tonnes
  • 3,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament
ArmourTimber

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.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Clouet, Alain (2007). . dossiersmarine.free.fr. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.


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