French ship Téméraire (1782) explained

Téméraire was the lead ship of the 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

In 1782 or 1783, she was under Sainte-Eulalie.

She took part in the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2, battling, under Captain Morel.

She took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver of winter 1794-1795, but sustained damage when a leak opened in her hull in the night of the 30 to 31 December, and she had to return to Saint Malo.

Fate

From 1798, Téméraire was in a state of disrepair and needed to be refitted or demolished. She was eventually condemned in 1802 and broken up in 1803.

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