French ship Tigre (1793)
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Tigre (1793), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.
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  France
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| Name: | Tigre |
| Namesake: | Tiger |
| Builder: | Brest |
| Laid down: | 1790 |
| Launched: | 8 May 1793 |
| Captured: | 22 June 1795 |
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Tigre |
| Acquired: | 22 June 1795 by capture |
| Honours and awards: |
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt" |
| Fate: | Broken up in June 1817. |
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| Class and type: | Téméraire class ship of the line |
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| Length: | 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied) |
| Beam: | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied) |
| Propulsion: | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
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| Armour: | Timber |
Tigre was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Her first captain was Pierre Jean Van Stabel. When Van Stabel was promoted, she became the flagship of his 6-ship squadron. She notably fought in 1793 to rescue the Sémillante, along with the Jean Bart.
Under Jacques Bedout, she took part in the Battle of Groix where she was captured by the British. She was recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Tigre.
Under the Royal Navy she assisted in the defence of Acre during Bonaparte's siege.
On 8 January 1801 Penelope captured the French bombard St. Roche, which was carrying wine, liqueurs, ironware, Delfth cloth, and various other merchandise, from Marseilles to Alexandria. Swiftsure, Tigre, Minotaur, Northumberland, Florentina, and the schooner Malta, were in sight and shared in the proceeds of the capture.
Because Tigre served in the Navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorised in 1850 for all surviving claimants.
After the battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, Tigre continued in the blockade of Cadiz. On 25 November, Thunderer detained the Ragusan ship Nemesis, which was sailing from Isle de France to Leghorn, Italy, with a cargo of spice, indigo dye, and other goods.Tigre shared the prize money with ten other British warships.
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