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Danube Group variant of Téméraire Class

NationalityFrance
Nominal Guns74
Approved1808
Designer
Jacques-Noël SanéFrench
Naval Sailor
Designer
Ship Builder
Administrator
Service 1758-1836
RateThird Rate
TypeShip of the Line
Designed Crew
Ships in Class19

Design ArmamentBroadside Weight = 910.00 French Livre (982.07 lbs 445.45 kg)NNF-1800
Lower Gun Deck28 x French 36-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 x French 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle4 x French 36-Pounder Carronade
Quarterdeck/Forecastle16 x French 8-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
 OrderedShipyardLaunchedOut of serviceFateGundeck LengthLength of KeelBreadthDepth in holdBurthen
As Designed     172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
Le Polonais (74) 1808-1825
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownLorient - Brittany 27.5.18081825Broken Up172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
Le Tonnerre (74) 1808-1809
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
16.4.1794Brest - Brittany 9.6.18081809Sunk to avoid capture172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
Le Golymin (74) 1808-1814
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownCherbourg - Normandy 8.12.180823.3.1814Wrecked172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
Le Capri (74) 1810-1810
Neapolitan 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownCastellammare di Stabia - Campania 21.8.181021.8.1810Transfered172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
Le Marengo (74) 1810-1873
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1866 Renamed "Pluton"
UnknownLorient Dockyard - Lorient 12.10.18101873Broken Up172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
Le Trident (74) 1811-1879
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownToulon Dockyard - Toulon 9.6.18111879Broken Up172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
Le Romulus (74) 1812-1820
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownToulon - Provence 18121820Razeed172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
L'Agamemnon (74) 1812-1812
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownGenoa - Liguria 18121812Razeed172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
Le Gioacchino (74) 1812-1815
Neapolitan 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownCastellammare di Stabia - Campania 1.8.18121815Transfered172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
La Ville de Marseille (74) 1812-1877
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownToulon Dockyard - Toulon 15.8.18121877Broken Up172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
L'Orion (74) 1813-1827
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownBrest - Brittany 18131827Last known172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
Le Colosse (74) 1813-1813
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownToulon Dockyard - Toulon 18131813Razeed172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
Le Superbe (74) 1814-1833
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownAntwerpen - Flanders 5.7.18141833Last known172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
Le Kremlin (74) 1815-1881
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1815 Renamed "Hercule"
1815 Renamed "Provence"
1830 Renamed "Alger"
UnknownToulon - Provence 26.5.18151881Broken Up172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
Le Duc de Berry (74) 1818-1831
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1830 Renamed "Glorieux"
21.8.1807Rochefort - Aunis 18.6.18181831Razeed172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
Le Jean Bart (74) 1820-1833
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownLorient - Brittany 25.8.18201833Hulked172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
Le Triton (74) 1823-1851
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownRochefort - Aunis 22.9.18231851Last known172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
La Couronne (74) 1824-1870
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1848 Renamed "Barricade"
1849 Renamed "Duperré"
UnknownBrest - Brittany 26.8.18241870Broken Up172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 
Le Généreux (74) 1831-1865
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownCherbourg - Normandy 18311865Last known172' 0"155' 0"44' 6"22' 0" 

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