French ship Vengeur (1765)

History
France
NameVengeur [1]
Namesake"Avenger"
OwnerFrench East India Company
BuilderLorient, Caudan
Laid downMay 1756[2]
Launched25 October 1756[2]
In serviceFebruary 1757
Out of service11 July 1764 in Lorient
FateSold to the French navy
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameVengeur
Namesake"Avenger"
OwnerFrench Navy
AcquiredJuly 1765[2]
DecommissionedFebruary 1784[2]
StrickenApril 1784[2]
FateWrecked in March 1785[2]
General characteristics
Class and type64-gun ship of the line
Displacement1,300 tonnes[2]
Length48 m (157 ft 6 in)[2]
Beam12.34 m (40 ft 6 in)[2]
Draught5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)[2]
Complement396 men[2]
Armament

Vengeur was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy designed by Antoine Groignard.[2] She saw action with Bailli de Suffren during the American War of Independence.

  1. ^ Roche (2005), p. 458.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p FCDI Vengeur

French ship Vengeur (1765)

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