French ship Quatorze Juillet (1798)
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| the Achille Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of the Quatorze Juillet, on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris | |
| Career (France) |    |
|---|---|
| Name: | Quatorze Juillet |
| Namesake: | Bastille day |
| Ordered: | 23 May 1794 |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Laid down: | August 1794 |
| Launched: | 1 February 1798 |
| Struck: | 28 April 1798 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Téméraire class ship of the line |
| Displacement: |
2 966 tonnes |
| Length: | 55.87 metres (172 French feet) |
| Beam: | 14.90 metres (44' 6) |
| Draught: | 7.26 metres (22 French feet) |
| Propulsion: | Up to 2 485 m² of sails |
| Complement: | 678 men |
| Armament: |
74 guns:
|
| Armour: | Timber |
The Quatorze Juillet was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
During her completion, she was accidentally set afire and was destroyed before being commissioned
Sources and references
- Ships of the line
- 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.[page needed][self-published source?]
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