&sq=&lang=&file=File:Belleisle_PU5705.jpg) HMS Belleisle after the Battle of Trafalgar
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| History | |
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 France | |
| Name | Lion, Marat, Formidable |
| Namesake | Jean-Paul Marat |
| Builder | Rochefort shipyard |
| Laid down | August 1791 as Lion |
| Launched | 29 April 1794 |
| Commissioned | June 1794 |
| Renamed |
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| Captured | 23 June 1795, by Royal Navy at the Battle of Groix |
 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Belleisle |
| Acquired | by capture, 23 June 1795 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1814 |
| 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 |
Lion was a Téméraire class 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the French Navy, which later served in the Royal Navy. She was named Lion on 23 April 1790 and built at Rochefort from August 1791 until June 1794. She was renamed Marat on 28 September 1793 (7 months before being launched) and then Formidable on 25 May 1795, with the changing fortunes of the French Revolution.
She took part in the action of 6 November 1794, managing to rake HMS Alexander.
- ^ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.