French ship Borée (1805)

	Portrait of Borée on 12 April 1807, by Antoine Roux
History
France
Name	Borée
Namesake	Boreas
Ordered	4 January 1803
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	19 August 1803
Launched	27 June 1805
Commissioned	29 May 1805
Stricken	1828
Fate	Broken up in 1828
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement	2,966 tonnes; 5,260 tonnes fully loaded ;
Length	54 m (177 ft 2 in)
Beam	14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draught	6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Complement	678 men
Armament	74 guns:; Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns; Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder long guns; Forecastle and Quarter deck:; 16 × 8-pounder long guns; 4 × 36-pounder carronades;

Borée was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

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