French ship Tigre (1793)

Tigre in 1795
History
French Navy Ensign French Navy EnsignFrance
NameTigre
NamesakeTiger
BuilderBrest
Laid down1790
Launched8 May 1793
Captured22 June 1795
Great Britain
NameTigre
Acquired22 June 1795 by capture
Honours and
awards
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1]
FateBroken up in June 1817.
General characteristics
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 2966 tonnes
  • 5260 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

Tigre was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Later it was captured by the British and, as HMS Tigre, operated as part of the Royal Navy throughout the Napoleonic Wars.

  1. ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.