Argonaute-class ship of the line

Class overview
Name	Argonaute
Operators	French Navy
Completed	2
General characteristics
Class and type	Argonaute class
Displacement	1500 tonnes
Length	55.22 metres
Beam	14.29 metres
Draught	7.39 metres
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	74 guns comprising:; Lower deck ("1st tier") 28 x 36-pounder long guns; Upper deck ("2nd tier") 30 x 18-pounder long guns; Gaillards ("3rd tier") 16 x 8-pounder long guns;

The Argonaute class was a class of two 74-gun ships of the French Navy, built to a common design by naval constructor François-Guillaume Clairin-Deslauriers. The design was lengthened by 4feet 9½ inches (4½ pieds) from the designer's previous Scipion class, which had been found to lack stability. The designer died on 10 October 1780, and the construction of these ships was completed by Jean-Denis Chevillard, who was appointed his successor as ingénieur-constructeur en chef at that dockyard in July 1781.

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