Capture of Marengo (ex-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, left) by HMS London (right)
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
Builder | Toulon |
Laid down | September 1794 |
Launched | 21 July 1795 |
Commissioned | October 1796 |
Renamed | Marengo, 2 December 1802 |
Captured | By HMS London, 13 March 1806 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Marengo |
Acquired | 13 March 1806 |
Fate | Broken up, 1816 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
Displacement |
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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 |
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Armour | Timber |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, active during the French Directory, French Consulate and First French Empire. Renamed Marengo in 1802, she took part in Linois' operations in the Indian Ocean before her capture by the Royal Navy.