French ship Thésée (1790)
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Thésée (1790), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
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| History | |
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| Name | Thésée |
| Namesake | Theseus |
| Ordered | 19 October 1787 |
| Builder | Rochefort |
| Laid down | March 1788 |
| Launched | 14 April 1790 |
| In service | August 1790 |
| Out of service | 7 December 1804 |
| Renamed |
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| Fate | Broken up in 1816 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement |
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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 |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
The Thésée was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. As Révolution, she took part in the Expédition d'Irlande under Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley.
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