French ship Vengeur (1803)

	The Battle of San Domingo: Impérial harassed by the much weaker HMS Northumberland before being driven ashore.
History
France
Name	Peuple
Namesake	People
Renamed	Vengeur
Namesake	Vengeur du Peuple
Launched	1 October 1803
Completed	February 1804
Renamed	Impérial March 1805
Fate	Wrecked 6 February 1806; Burned 8 February 1806;
General characteristics
Class and type	Océan class ship of the line
Displacement	2 700 tonnes
Length	65.18 m (213.8 ft) (196,6 French feet)
Beam	16.24 m (53.3 ft) (50 French feet)
Draught	8.12 m (26.6 ft) (25 French feet)
Propulsion	sail, 3 265 m²
Complement	1 079 men
Armament	Rated as 120-gun:; lower deck: 32 36-pounder guns; middle deck: 34 24-pounder guns; upper deck: 34 18-pounder guns; forecastle: 18 8-pounder guns, 6 36-pounder carronades;

Vengeur ("Avenger") was a first-rate 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of the Océan type, designed by Jacques-Noël Sané. She was the first ship in French service to sport 18-pounder long guns on her third deck, instead of the lighter 12-pounder long guns used before for this role.

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