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Argonaute-class ship of the line

Class overview
Name: Argonaute
Operators:  French Navy
Completed: 2
General characteristics
Class and type: Argonaute class
Length: 55.22 metres
Beam: 14.29 metres
Draught: 7.39 metres
Propulsion: Sails
Armament:
  • 74 guns comprising:
  • Lower deck ("1st tier") 28 x 36-pounder long guns
  • Upper deck ("2nd tier") 30 x 18-pounder long guns
  • Gaillards ("3rd tier") 16 x 8-pounder long guns

The Argonaute class was a class of two 74-gun ships of the French Navy, built to a common design by naval constructor François-Guillaume Clairin-Deslauriers. The design was lengthened by 4feet 9½ inches (4½ pieds) from the designer's previous Scipion class, which had been found to lack stability. The designer died on 10 October 1780, and the construction of these ships was completed by Jean-Denis Chevillard, who was appointed his successor as ingénieur-constructeur en chef at that dockyard in July 1781.


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