French ship Vengeur (1765)

History
France
Name	Vengeur
Namesake	"Avenger"
Owner	French East India Company
Builder	Lorient, Caudan
Laid down	May 1756
Launched	25 October 1756
In service	February 1757
Out of service	11 July 1764 in Lorient
Fate	Sold to the French navy
France
Name	Vengeur
Namesake	"Avenger"
Owner	French Navy
Acquired	July 1765
Decommissioned	February 1784
Stricken	April 1784
Fate	Wrecked in March 1785
General characteristics
Class and type	64-gun ship of the line
Displacement	1300 tonnes
Length	48 m (157 ft)
Beam	12.34 m (40.5 ft)
Draught	5.2 m (17 ft)
Complement	396 men
Armament	64 guns:; Lower battery: 24 24-pounder long guns; Upper battery: 28 12-pounder long guns; Quarterdeck: 6 6-pounder long guns; Forecaste: 2 6-pounder long guns;

The Vengeur was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy designed by Antoine Groignard. She saw action with Bailli de Suffren during the American War of Independence.

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