French ship Quatorze Juillet (1798)

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

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Quatorze Juillet (1798), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
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NameQuatorze Juillet
Namesake14 July (for Bastille Day)
Ordered23 May 1794
BuilderLorient
Laid downAugust 1794
Launched1 February 1798
Stricken28 April 1798
FateBurned April 1798
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 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

During her fitting-out, she was accidentally set afire and was destroyed before being commissioned.

Citations

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  1. ^ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire – caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.

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