French ship Duquesne (1788)
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Duquesne was a 4th rank, 74-gun Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". built for the French Navy during the 1780s. Completed in 1789, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars. She was captured by the British in 1803, and broken up in 1805.
Description
The Téméraire-class ships had an length of Script error: No such module "convert"., a beam of Script error: No such module "convert". and a depth of hold of Script error: No such module "convert".. The ships displaced 3,069 tonneaux and had a mean draught of Script error: No such module "convert".. They had a tonnage of 1,537 port tonneaux. Their crew numbered 705 officers and ratings during wartime. They were fitted with three masts and ship rigged.[1]
The muzzle-loading, smoothbore armament of the Téméraire class consisted of twenty-eight 36-pounder long guns on the lower gun deck, thirty 18-pounder long guns and thirty 18-pounder long guns on the upper gun deck. On the quarterdeck and forecastle were a total of sixteen 8-pounder long guns. Beginning with the ships completed after 1787, the armament of the Téméraires began to change with the addition of four 36-pounder obusiers on the poop deck (Script error: No such module "Lang".). Some ships had instead twenty 8-pounders.[2]
Construction and career
Duquesne was ordered on 19 January 1788 and laid down at the Arsenal de Toulon later that month. The ship was launched on 2 September and completed the following year.[3] In 1795, under Captain Allemand, she took part in the Battle of Cape Noli, and in the Battle of Hyères Islands. From mid-1801, she was armed en flûte and used as a troop ship. On 22 November 1802, she departed Toulon, bound to Saint-Domingue under Commodore Quérangal, along with Guerrière and Duguay-Trouin. The flotilla found itself caught in the Blockade of Saint-Domingue by the British ships Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".. Guerrière and Duguay-Trouin managed to escape, and Duquesne, separated from the squadron, attempted to flee in the night. She was discovered by Tartar and Vanguard the next afternoon, and after a short artillery duel, Duquesne, outnumbered by her opponents, struck her colours. Duquesne was incorporated in the Royal Navy as HMS Duquesne. In 1804, she ran aground on the Morant Cays. She was refloated in 1805, and sailed to England to be broken up.[4]
Citations
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References
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- Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen S. (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. Template:ISBN
External links
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