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History | |
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France | |
Name | Vengeur [2] |
Namesake | "Avenger" |
Owner | French East India Company |
Builder | Lorient, Caudan |
Laid down | May 1756[1] |
Launched | 25 October 1756[1] |
In service | February 1757 |
Out of service | 11 July 1764 in Lorient |
Fate | Sold to the French navy |
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Name | Vengeur |
Namesake | "Avenger" |
Owner | French Navy |
Acquired | July 1765[1] |
Decommissioned | February 1784[1] |
Stricken | April 1784[1] |
Fate | Wrecked in March 1785[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 64-gun ship of the line |
Displacement | 1300 tonnes[1] |
Length | 48 m (157 ft)[1] |
Beam | 12.34 m (40.5 ft)[1] |
Draught | 5.2 m (17 ft)[1] |
Complement | 396 men[1] |
Armament |
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The Vengeur was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy designed by Antoine Groignard.[1] She saw action with Bailli de Suffren during the American War of Independence.