French ship Fougueux (1785)
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Fougueux (1785), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Fougueux |
| Namesake | "Impetuous" |
| Builder | Lorient shipyard |
| Laid down | 1784 |
| Launched | 19 September 1785 |
| Fate | Wrecked, 22 October 1805 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 3,069 tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 1,537 port tonneaux |
| Length | 55.87 m (183 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 14.46 m (47 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 7.15 m (23.5 ft) |
| Depth of hold | 7.15 m (23 ft 5 in) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Crew | 705 |
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Fougueux was a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line built for the French Navy during the 1780s. Completed in 1785, she was captured during the Battle of Trafalgar, but was wrecked in a storm the following day.