&sq=&lang=&file=File:Achille_mp3h9307.jpg) Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship America (1788), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 &sq=&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_French-Navy-Revolution.svg){kind=small} France | |
| Name | America |
| Namesake | America |
| Builder | Brest |
| Laid down | 1787 |
| Launched | 21 May 1788 |
| Commissioned | 1789 |
| Captured | 1 June 1794 |
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Impétueux |
| Acquired | 1 June 1794 |
| Honours and awards |
|
| Fate | Broken up in 1813 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement |
|
| 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 |
|
| Armour | Timber |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:L%27insurrection_des_vaisseaux_L%27America_et_Le_L%C3%A9opard_(6_septembre_1790).jpg)
America was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. The Royal Navy captured her in 1794 at the Glorious First of June. She then served with the British under the name HMS Impetueux until she was broken up in 1813. She became the prototype for the Royal Navy America-class ship of the line.
- ^ a b "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 246.
- ^ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.