French ship Téméraire (1671)

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History
France
NameTéméraire
Laid down1669
Launched25 May 1671
FateSunk, 9 December 1694
General characteristics

Téméraire was a ship of the line of the French Navy.

She was laid down in Brest in 1669 as Ardent, and launched in 1671 as Téméraire.

She took part in the campaign in Sicilia in 1676, in the Battle of Bévézier (10 July 1690) and the Battle of Barfleur (29 May 1692). She also took part in the Battle of Lagos.

She was sunk by the English frigate HMS Montagu on 9 December 1694.

References[edit]

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. p. 432. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.