French ship Trajan (1792)

The Trajan was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Trajan (1792), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
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NameTrajan
NamesakeTrajan
Ordered19 October 1787
BuilderLorient
Laid down17 May 1790
Launched24 January 1792
CommissionedNovember 1792
DecommissionedJune 1802
RenamedGaulois 1797
FateBroken up 1805
General characteristics
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 2966 tonnes
  • 5260 tonnes fully loaded
Length55.87 metres (183 ft 4 in) (172 pied)
Beam14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught7.26 metres (23 ft 10 in) (22 pied)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament
ArmourTimber

In 1793, Trajan was commissioned in Lorient, under captain Villaret de Joyeuse.

At the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2, along with Éole, she engaged and dismasted the British HMS Bellerophon.

In 1797, she took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, an ill-fated attempt to invade Ireland. On 17 December 1797, she was renamed Gaulois.

She was eventually broken up in 1805.


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