French ship America (1788)

	Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship America (1788), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name	America
Namesake	America
Builder	Brest
Laid down	1787
Launched	21 May 1788
Commissioned	1789
Captured	1 June 1794
Great Britain
Name	Impétueux
Acquired	1 June 1794
Honours and; awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp:; "29 July Boat Service 1800"; "29 Aug. Boat Service 1800";
Fate	Broken up in 1813
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement	1,966 tonnes; 3,260 tonnes fully loaded;
Length	55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam	14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught	7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
Propulsion	Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
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;
Armour	Timber

America was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. The Royal Navy captured her in 1794 at the Battle of the Glorious First of June. She then served with the British under the name HMS Impetueux until she was broken up in 1813. She became the prototype for the Royal Navy America-class ship of the line.

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