- Career
- Notes, citations, and references Notes Citations References
{{Otherships|French ship Duguesclin}}{{Téméraire class default image}}{{Infobox ship careerHide header= | Ship country=France | France|naval}} | Ship name=Duguesclin | Ship namesake=Bertrand du Guesclin | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Antwerp[1] | Ship laid down=June 1804 [1] | Ship launched=1807 [1] | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned=1817 [1] | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship captured= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship fate= | Ship status= | Ship honours= | Ship notes= }}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=[2] | Téméraire|ship of the line}} | Ship displacement=*2,966 tonnes- 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
| 55.87|m|ft}} (172 pied) | 14.90|m|ftin}} | 7.26|m|ft}} (22 pied) | 2485|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of sails | Ship armament=*74 guns:- Lower gundeck:
- 28 × 36-pounder long guns
- Upper gundeck:
- 30 × 18-pounder long guns
- Forecastle and Quarter deck:
- 6 × 8-pounder long guns
- 10 × 36-pounder carronades
| Ship armour=Timber }} | Duguesclin was a {{Sclass-|Téméraire|ship of the line|0}} 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Career Ordered on 24 April 1804, Duguesclin was one of the ships built in the various shipyards captured by the First French Empire in Holland and Italy in a crash programme to replenish the ranks of the French Navy.[1] Notes, citations, and referencesNotes1. ^1 2 3 4 Roche, vol.1, p.162 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_v_V4.html |title=La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques |first=Alain |last=Clouet |work=dossiersmarine.free.fr |year=2007 |accessdate=4 April 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323150546/http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_v_V4.html |archivedate=23 March 2013 |df= }}
Citations{{Reflist|30em}}References- {{Cite book|first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |year=2005 |chapter= |title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870 |isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6 |oclc=165892922 |page=162}}
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