HMS Implacable (1805)

Implacable in 1894, by W. J. Sutton
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameDuguay-Trouin
Laid down1797
LaunchedRochefort, 24 March 1800
Honours and
awards
Captured3 November 1805, by Royal Navy
United Kingdom
NameHMS Implacable
Acquired3 November 1805
RenamedFoudroyant in 1943
Honours and
awards
FateScuttled 2 December 1949
General characteristics
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Tonnage3,223 tons (as measured from 1882)
Tons burthen1,896 2294 bm
Length181 ft 6 in (55.3 m)
Beam48 ft 11 in (14.9 m)
Depth of hold20 ft 7 in (6.3 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement640 officers and crew
Armament
  • French service
  • Gun deck: 4 × 36-pounder carronades + 16 × 8-pounder guns
  • Lower gun deck: 28 × 36-pounder guns
  • Upper gun deck: 30 × 18-pounder guns
  • British service
  • Gun deck: 30 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gun deck: 30 × 18-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 12 × 32-pounder guns
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12-pounder guns

HMS Implacable was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was originally the French Navy's Téméraire-class ship of the line Duguay-Trouin, launched in 1800.

She survived the Battle of Trafalgar only for the British to capture her at the subsequent Battle of Cape Ortegal. In British service she participated in the capture of the Imperial Russian Navy 74-gun ship of the line Vsevolod (Russian: Всеволод) in the Baltic in 1808 during the Anglo-Russian War. Later, Implacable became a training ship. Eventually, she became the second oldest ship in the Royal Navy after HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar. When the Royal Navy finally scuttled Implacable in 1949, she flew both the French and British flags side-by-side as she sank.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 242.
  2. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 246.
  3. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 245.