French Third Rate ship of the line 'L'Argonaute' (1798)

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L'Argonaute
Nominal Guns	74	E-WIKI
Nationality	République Française
Operator	State Navy
Keel Laid Down	10.7.1794	E-WIKI
Launched	22.12.1798	E-WIKI
First Commissioned	9.1799	E-WIKI
How acquired	Purpose built	E-WIKI
Shipyard	Lorient - Brittany	E-WIKI
Ship Class	Duquesne Group variant of Téméraire Class (1788)	E-WIKI
Designed by	Jacques-Noël SanéFrench Naval Sailor Designer Ship Builder Administrator Service 1758-1836	E-WIKI
Constructor	Pierre-Elisabeth RollandFrench Designer Ship Builder Administrator Service 1774-1810	E-WIKI
Category	Third Rate	E-WIKI
National Rate	Premier Rang	E-WIKI
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	E-WIKI
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	E-WIKI
Transfered	18.12.1806	E-WIKI
Becomes	Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'Argonauta' (1806) (74) 1806-1810 Spanish 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck172' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)55.8656 (183′ 3″ Imperial)
Length of Keel155' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)50.344 (165′ 2″ Imperial)
Breadth44' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)14.3318 (47′ 0″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold22' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)7.1456 (23′ 5″ Imperial)

Armament

1805Broadside Weight = 910 French Livre (982.072 lbs 445.445 kg)
Gun Deck16 French 8-Pounder
Lower Gun Deck28 French 36-Pounder
Lower Gun Deck4 French 36-Pounder Obusier
Upper Gun Deck30 French 18-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1782700Design Complement

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1805Capitaine de VaisseauTRN5

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1802 - 1803Contre-AmiralE-WIKI

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
11.1801 - 1801Lieutenant de Vaisseau , in the bay of the island of Aix002

1 Passenger

DatesRankNameSource
14.12.1800 - 1800Constructeur Navalref:673

Service History

DateEventSource
21.10.1805Battle of Trafalgar

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

002Thierry Pouliquen, Web Site

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

TRN5William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

ref:673 Web Site

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