French ship Tourville (1788)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Tourville.
Tourville (left) raking HMS Defence (centre) at the Battle of Prairial, while Mucius Scævola (right) duels with her on her port side. Painting by Nicholas Pocock
History
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NameTourville
NamesakeAnne Hilarion de Tourville
BuilderLorient
Laid down1 June 1787
Launched16 September 1788
CommissionedJuly 1790
Decommissioned26 October 1833
FateBroken up in Brest in 1841
General characteristics
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 1,966 tonnes
  • 3,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament
ArmourTimber

Tourville was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

In 1790, she was under Armand de Saint-Félix.[1]

In August 1793, she was damaged by a tempest, which also killed her captain, and had to return to Brest. In September, a mutiny broke out aboard. She took part in the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2, to the Expédition d'Irlande, and to the Cruise of Bruix. She was eventually broken up in Brest in 1841.

Citations

  1. ^ Levot, p.468—469

References

  • Levot, Prosper (1866). Les gloires maritimes de la France: notices biographiques sur les plus célèbres marins (in French). Bertrand.


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