) Drawing of the main features of Aigle | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name: | Aigle |
| Namesake: | Eagle |
| Builder: | Rochefort |
| Laid down: | 1794 |
| Launched: | 1800. |
| Captured: |
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| Fate: | Wrecked 23 October 1805 |
| 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 |
Aigle was a 74-gun French ship of the line built at Rochefort in 1800.
In 1805 she sailed to the West Indies with Algésiras where they joined a French fleet under Vice-Admiral Villeneuve.
In October 1805, Aigle took part in the Battle of Trafalgar. She was captured during the battle by a boarding party from HMS Defiance.[2]
On the following day, her crew rose up against the British prize crew, and recaptured the ship. However, she was wrecked in the storm of 23 October 1805.[3]
See also
- List of ships captured in the 19th century
- List of ships of the line of France
References
- ^ Clouet, Alain (2007), "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques", dossiersmarine.free.fr, archived from the original on 23 March 2013, retrieved 4 April 2013
- ^ Stewart, William (2014), "Durham, Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood, (1763–1845) (Britain)", Admirals of the World: A Biographical Dictionary, 1500 to the Present, McFarland, p. 114, ISBN 978-0-7864-8288-7
- ^ Adkins, Roy (2011), Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle, Little, Brown Book Group, p. 88, ISBN 978-1-4055-1344-9
Further reading
- Roche, Jean-Michel, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, Vol.I