French ship Courageux (1806)

Courageux was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of a two-ship sub-type of the Téméraire class that also comprised Marengo.

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Courageux (1806), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameCourageux
NamesakeCourageous
BuilderLorient
Laid down2 November 1801
Launched3 February 1806
In service8 April 1806
Out of service16 March 1831
FateBroken up 1831
General characteristics
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament
ArmourTimber

She was started as Alcide, and renamed in 1802. She was commissioned on 8 April 1806 under Amable Troude. On 16 February 1809, she left Lorient as flagship of a squadron also comprising Polonais and D'Hautpoul.

Fate

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She was broken up in 1831.

Sources and references

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  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 131. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.