French ship Wattignies (1794)

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Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of the Wattignies, on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris
Career (France) French Navy Ensign
Namesake: Battle of Wattignies (1793)
Ordered: 3 July 1793
Builder: Lorient shipyard
Launched: 1794
Struck: 5 September 1808
Fate: Scrapped on 21 September 1808
General characteristics
Class and type: 74-gun Téméraire class ship of the line
Displacement: 2900 tonnes
Length: 55.87 metres (172 French feet)
Beam: 14.90 metres (44' 6)
Draught: 7,26 metres (22 French feet)
Propulsion: Up to 2485 m² of sails
Complement: 3 officers + 690 men
Armament:

74 guns: 74 guns:

  • 28 x 36 pdr (16 kg)
  • 30 x 24 pdr (11 kg)
  • 16 x 8 pdr (3.6 kg)
  • 4 x 36 pdr (16 kg) carronades

The Wattignies was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande in 1798 under captain Antoine René Thévenard.

In July 1808, she was converted to a fluyt.