French ship Duquesne (1788)

	Gaspar Vence on Duquesne reaches Toulon with a convoy of food and drives three British ships away, 2 April 1794
History
France
Name	Duquesne
Namesake	Abraham Duquesne
Laid down	January 1788
Launched	2 September 1788
In service	1789
Captured	24 July 1803
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Duquesne
Acquired	Captured on 24 July 1803
Fate	Broken up in 1805
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement	2,966 tonnes
Tons burthen	1,901 bm
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

Duquesne was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was captured by the British in 1803, and broken up in 1805.

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