French ship Achille (1804)
Scale model on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Achille |
| Namesake | Achilles |
| Builder | Arsenal de Rochefort |
| Laid down | 5 November 1802 |
| Launched | 17 November 1804 |
| Completed | February 1805 |
| Commissioned | 28 January 1805 |
| Fate | Sunk, 21 October 1805 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 3,069 tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 1,537 port tonneaux |
| Length | 55.87 m (183.3 ft) (172 pied) |
| Beam | 14.90 m (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 7.26 m (23.8 ft) (22 pied) |
| Propulsion | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
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Achille was a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1805, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars. The ship participated in the Trafalgar campaign that same year, including the Battle of Cape Finisterre in July and was destroyed during the Battle of Trafalgar in October when her magazine exploded. At least 190 members of her crew were rescued. The recovery of one woman from the ship was the inspiration for a painting in 1817.