French ship Redoutable (74)
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| Built | Brest, May 31, 1791 |
| Fate | Sunk, 22 October, 1805 |
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| Displacement: | 1,630 tons |
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| Class: | 4th rate |
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| Complement: | 690 |
| Armament: | 74 guns:
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Built after plans by engineer Sané, the Redoutable was launched as Suffren on May 31, 1791. Her crew took part in the mutiny of the vessels attached to the squadron of Vice-admiral Morard de Galles.
She was subsequently renamed Redoutable on May 20, 1794. In March 1802, the Redoutable was the flagship of a squadron of 2 ships of the line and 4 frigates under Admiral Bouvet to reinforce Guadeloupe in 1802 and Santa Domingo in 1803.
At the Battle of Trafalgar, on October 21, 1805, she was commanded by capitaine de vaisseau Lucas. She was closely engaged by HMS Victory eventually striking to her, and later on by HMS Temeraire. The Redoutable sank the next day.
It was from her fighting tops that a French marksman mortally wounded Admiral Horatio Nelson.
See French ship Suffren for other ships of this name.
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