French ship Apollon (1788)
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Apollon was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
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Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Apollon (1788), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
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Name | Apollon |
Namesake | Apollo, Gasparinus de Bergamo, François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers |
Builder | Rochefort |
Laid down | April 1787 |
Launched | 21 May 1788 |
Commissioned | 1788 |
Decommissioned | 1797 |
Renamed |
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Fate | Broken up 1798 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
Displacement |
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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 |
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