- Fate
- Sources and references
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Ship class=Téméraire class 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:
- 16 × 8-pounder long guns
- 4 × 36-pounder carronades
| Ship armour=Timber
}} | Courageux was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of a two-ship sub-type of the Téméraire class that also comprised Marengo. She was started as Alcide, and renamed in 1802. She was commissioned on 8 April 1806 under Amable Troude. On 16 February 1809, she left Lorient as flagship of a squadron also comprising Polonais and Hautpoult. FateShe was broken up in 1831. Sources and 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, 1671 - 1870 |isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6 |oclc=165892922 |pages=131|publisher=Group Retozel-Maury Millau}}
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