French ship Téméraire (1748)
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.svg){kind=small} France
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| Name: | Téméraire |
| Launched: | 1749 |
| Captured: | 18 August 1759, by Royal Navy |
.svg){kind=small} Great Britain
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| Name: | Temeraire |
| Acquired: | 18 August 1759 |
| Fate: | Sold, 1784 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 74-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1685 tons (1712 tonnes) |
| Length: | 169 ft 2 in (51.56 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 48 ft 0 3⁄4 in (14.6 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 20 ft 9 1⁄2 in (6.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 74 guns of various weights of shot |
Téméraire was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1749.
HMS Warspite captured Téméraire at the Battle of Lagos on 18 August 1759. She was taken into the Royal Navy as the Third Rate HMS Temeraire.
Temeraire was sold out of the navy in 1784.
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