Vengeur was a 74-gun built for the French Navy during the 1780s. Completed in 1790, she played a minor role in the French Revolutionary Wars.
Description The Téméraire-class ships had a length of , a beam of and a depth of hold of . The ships displaced 3,069 tonneaux and had a mean draught of . They had a tonnage of 1,537 port tonneaux. Their crew numbered 705 officers and ratings during wartime. They were fitted with three masts and ship rigged.Winfield & Roberts, p. 87
The muzzle-loading, smoothbore armament of the Téméraire class consisted of twenty-eight 36-pounder long guns on the lower gun deck, thirty 18-pounder long guns and thirty 18-pounder long guns on the upper gun deck. On the quarterdeck and forecastle were a total of sixteen 8-pounder long guns. Beginning with the ships completed after 1787, the armament of the Téméraires began to change with the addition of four 36-pounder obusiers on the poop deck (). Some ships had instead twenty 8-pounders.Winfield & Roberts, pp. 87–88
Construction and career Vengeur was ordered on 19 October 1787 laid down at the Arsenal de Brest on 23 May 1788. The ship was launched 16 December 1789 and completed on 8 June 1790.Winfield & Roberts, p. 89 In 1792, captained by Le Dall Kéréon, she was part to a squadron under Latouche-Tréville. On 26 August, she bombarded the city of Oneglia. On 12 December 1792, she ran aground off Ajaccio. After attempts to refloat her proved unsuccessful,Roche, p. 458 the ship was burned on 8 June 1793.
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Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen S. (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing.