Alexandre Louis Ducrest de Villeneuve was a French naval officer and admiral.
HMS Venerable fighting the French frigate Alcmène on 16 January 1814.
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The Redoutable was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She took part in the battles of the French Revolutionary Wars in the Brest squadron, served in the Caribbean in 1803, and duelled with HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar, killing Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson during the action. She sank in the storm that followed the battle.
The Redoutable (centre) fighting the Temeraire (right) and HMS Victory (left), by Louis-Philippe Crépin
Redoutable (second from left) overtakes Neptune (far left), rushing to cover the aft of Bucentaure (far right) from Nelson's Victory (centre).
Redoutable simultaneously engaged by Victory and Temeraire
Redoutable during the late stages of the battle, dismasted and attacked by two larger ships.