French ship Vengeur (1789)

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

Vengeur was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Vengeur (1789), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name	Vengeur
Builder	Brest
Laid down	23 May 1788
Launched	16 December 1789
Commissioned	20 August 1790
Fate	Sunk on 12 December 1792
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement	2966 tonnes 5260 tonnes fully loaded
Length	55.87 metres (183 ft 4 in) (172 pied)
Beam	14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught	7.26 metres (23 ft 10 in) (22 pied)
Propulsion	Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament	74 guns: Lower gun deck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns Upper gun deck: 30 × 18-pounder long guns Forecastle and quarterdeck: 16 × 8-pounder long guns 4 × 36-pdr carronades
Armour	Timber

In 1792, captained by Le Dall Kéréon, she was part to a squadron under Latouche-Tréville. On 26 August, she bombarded the city of Oneglia.

On 12 December 1792, she ran aground off Ajaccio. After attempts to refloat her proved unsuccessful, she was abandoned. She sank on 8 June 1793.

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

External links

• Ships of the line