 Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Courageux (1806), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
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| History | |
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 France | |
| Name | Courageux |
| Namesake | Courageous |
| Builder | Lorient |
| Laid down | 2 November 1801 |
| Launched | 3 February 1806 |
| In service | 8 April 1806 |
| Out of service | 16 March 1831 |
| Fate | Broken up 1831 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied) |
| Beam | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied) |
| Propulsion | Up to 2,485 m (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
Courageux was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of a two-ship sub-type of the Téméraire class that also comprised Marengo.
She was started as Alcide, and renamed in 1802. She was commissioned on 8 April 1806 under Amable Troude. On 16 February 1809, she left Lorient as flagship of a squadron also comprising Polonais and D'Hautpoul.
Fate
She was broken up in 1831.
Sources and references
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 131. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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