French ship Vengeur (1765)

History
France
NameVengeur
Namesake"Avenger"
OwnerFrench East India Company
BuilderLorient, Caudan
Laid downMay 1756
Launched25 October 1756
In serviceFebruary 1757
Out of service11 July 1764 in Lorient
FateSold to the French navy
France
NameVengeur
Namesake"Avenger"
OwnerFrench Navy
AcquiredJuly 1765
DecommissionedFebruary 1784
StrickenApril 1784
FateWrecked in March 1785
General characteristics
Class & type64-gun ship of the line
Displacement1,300 tonnes
Length48 m (157 ft 6 in)
Beam12.34 m (40 ft 6 in)
Draught5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Complement396 men
Armament

Vengeur was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy designed by Antoine Groignard. She saw action with Bailli de Suffren during the American War of Independence.