French ship Viala (1795)
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Viala (1795), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.
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 France
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| Name: | Viala |
| Namesake: | Joseph Agricol Viala |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Launched: | 1795 |
| Renamed: |
Voltaire in 1795 Constitution in 1795 Jupiter in 1803 |
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Maida |
| Namesake: | Battle of Maida |
| Fate: | Broken up in June 1817. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 2900 tonnes |
| Tons burthen: | 1,899 tons (bm) |
| Length: | 55.87 m (183.3 ft) (172 French feet) |
| Beam: | 14.90 m (48.9 ft) (44' 6) |
| Draught: | 7.26 m (23.8 ft) (22 French feet) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship (sail area up to 2485 m²) |
| General characteristics (French service) | |
| Complement: | 3 officers + 690 men |
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| General characteristics (British service) | |
| Complement: | 121 officers and enlisted |
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Voltaire in 1795 Constitution in 1795
Viala was a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line of the French Navy launched in 1795. The Royal Navy captured her in 1806 and sold her in 1814.
Between 1794 and 1795, the French successively named her Viala (in honour of Joseph Agricol Viala), Voltaire (in honour of François-Marie Arouet), and Constitution (after the Constitution of the National Convention).
In the winter of 1796-1797, she took part in the Expédition d'Irlande. She managed to reach Bantry Bay, where she was damaged in a collision with Révolution.
In 1802, she was recommissioned in Toulon, under Captain Faure.
In 1803, she was renamed again to Jupiter, and joined Vice-Admiral Corentin Urbain Leissègues's squadron bound for Santo Domingo, under Captain Laignel. Donegal, while serving in a Royal Navy squadron under the command of Vice Admiral Duckworth, captured her at the Battle of San Domingo (6 February 1806). In the battle, Jupiter lost some 200 men killed and wounded; Donegal had 12 men killed and 33 wounded.
Jupiter arrived in Portsmouth on 6 May 1805. The Royal Navy then commissioned her as Maida, in honour of the Battle of Maida, the name Jupiter being already used for the 50-gun fourth rate Jupiter.
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