French ship Audacieux (1816)
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Audacieux (1816), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Audacieux |
| Builder | Schuyt, Amsterdam |
| Laid down | 1812 |
| Launched | October 1816 |
| Fate | Seized on slip by Holland 1813, wrecked 16 January 1827 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | petit Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 2,781 tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 1,381 port tonneaux |
| Length | 53.97 m (177 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 14.29 m (46 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 6.72 m (22.0 ft) |
| Depth of hold | 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Crew | 705 |
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Audacieux was a 74-gun petite Téméraire-class ship of the line built for the French Navy during the 1810s. Completed in 1816, she was captured by the Netherlands while still under construction.