French ship Tourville (1788)
Tourville (left) raking HMS Defence (centre) at the Battle of Prairial, while Mucius Scævola (right) duels with her on her port side. Painting by Nicholas Pocock | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Tourville |
| Namesake | Anne Hilarion de Tourville |
| Builder | Lorient |
| Laid down | 1 June 1787 |
| Launched | 16 September 1788 |
| Commissioned | July 1790 |
| Decommissioned | 26 October 1833 |
| Fate | Broken up in Brest in 1841 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 3,069 tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 1,537 port tonneaux |
| 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 |
Tourville was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.