The Redoutable was a ship of the line of the French Navy. She is known for her duel with HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar.
One of the 89 Seventy-fours completed of the Téméraire class (another ten were started but never completed) designed by engineer Jacques-Noël Sané (the largest number of battleships ever built to one design), the Redoutable was laid down at Brest in January 1790, and launched as the Suffren on 31 May 1791. She was c...
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The Redoutable was a ship of the line of the French Navy. She is known for her duel with HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar.
One of the 89 Seventy-fours completed of the Téméraire class (another ten were started but never completed) designed by engineer Jacques-Noël Sané (the largest number of battleships ever built to one design), the Redoutable was laid down at Brest in January 1790, and launched as the Suffren on 31 May 1791. She was completed there in December 1792. Her crew took part in the mutiny of the vessels attached to the squadron of Vice-Admiral Morard de Galles.
She was subsequently renamed Redoutable on 20 May 1794. In March 1802, the Redoutable was the flagship of a squadron of two ships of the line and four frigates under Admiral Bouvet sent to reinforce Guadeloupe in 1802 and Santo Domingo in 1803.
She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, reaching Bantry Bay, where she accidentally collided with the Résolue, destroying her bowsprit, foremast, mainmast and...
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