HMS Implacable (1805)

Implacable in 1894, by W. J. Sutton
History
France
Name	Duguay-Trouin
Builder	Rochefort
Laid down	1797
Launched	24 March 1800
Honours and awards	Participated in: Battle of Trafalgar
Captured	3 November 1805, by Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Implacable
Acquired	3 November 1805
Renamed	Foudroyant in 1943
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal clasps: "Implacable 26 Augt. 1808"[1] "7 July Boat Service 1809"[2] "Syria"[3]
Fate	Scuttled 2 December 1949
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire-class ship of the line
Tonnage	3,223 tons (as measured from 1882)
Tons burthen	1,896 22⁄94 bm
Length	181 ft 6 in (55.3 m)
Beam	48 ft 11 in (14.9 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft 7 in (6.3 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	640 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.