French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Fougueux' (1785)

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Le Fougueux
Nominal Guns	74	E-WIKI
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	11.1784	E-WIKI
Launched	19.9.1785	E-WIKI
First Commissioned	19.9.1782	E-WIKI
How acquired	Purpose built	E-WIKI
Shipyard	Lorient - Brittany	E-WIKI
Ship Class	Téméraire Class (1782)	E-WIKI
Designed by	Jacques-Noël SanéFrench Naval Sailor Designer Ship Builder Administrator Service 1758-1836	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
Captured	21.10.1805	E-WIKI

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)
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentE-WIKI
Displacement2,900Ton

Armament

1785Broadside Weight = 838 French Livre (904.3696 lbs 410.201 kg)BWAS-1793
Lower Gun Deck28 French 36-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 French 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck12 French 8-Pounder
Forecastle4 French 8-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1782700Design Complement

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1795Capitaine de VaisseauFWIKI17.10.1796 - 11.11.1796Capitaine de Vaisseau de Première Classe0021805 - 21.10.1805Capitaine de Vaisseau†TRN5

Service History

DateEventSource
16.6.1795First Battle of Groix
23.6.1795Action of Ile Groix
21.10.1805Battle of Trafalgar

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
15.12.1796-13.1.1797	Fleet for the convoy to Ireland of the Army under General Hoche	Justin Bonaventure Morard de GallesFrench Naval Sailor Service 1757-1808

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

002Thierry Pouliquen, Web Site

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

TRN5William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Tim Oakley on Thursday 12th of July 2012 06:39

I have Fougueux as taken at Ile Groix as do you, was she retaken? Wiki also has "In 1796, she took part in the Expédition d'Irlande under Esprit-Tranquille Maistral."

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