French ship Entreprenant (1787)
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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 a dozen 8-pounder long guns and ten 36-pounder carronades.[1]
Construction and career
Entreprenant was laid down at the Arsenal de Lorient in May 1786 and launched on 12 October 1787. She was completed sometime the following year.[1] In December 1792, Entreprenant towed the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". to safety after she had been damaged in a storm. Entreprenant participated in the French expedition to Sardinia the following year. She was taken by the British when they captured Toulon in 1793, but was returned to ferry prisoners suspected of anti-revolutionary sympathies from Toulon to Rochefort after Toulon was taken by the British. The ship took part in the Glorious First of June and in the Croisière du Grand Hiver.[2]
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Bibliography
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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