French ship Léopard (1787)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Léopard.
Léopard 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 Léopard (1787), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
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Name | Léopard[1] |
Namesake | Leopard (Panthera pardus) |
Builder | Brest[1] |
Laid down | 15 November 1785[1] |
Launched | 22 June 1787[1] |
In service | July 1787[1] |
Fate | Scuttled by fire on 12 February 1793[1] |
General characteristics [2] | |
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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