French ship Vengeur (1803)
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Vengeur was a 118-gun Océan-class ship of the line of the French Navy launched in 1803. She was the first ship in French service to sport 18-pounder long guns on her third deck, instead of the lighter
Impérial (centre) at the Battle of San Domingo
The burning wreck of Impérial (first from left) on 8 August 1806
Battle of San Domingo
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The Battle of San Domingo was a naval battle of the War of the Third Coalition fought on 6 February 1806 between squadrons of French and British ships of the line off the southern coast of the French-
French ship Vengeur (1803)
…long guns on her third deck, instead of the lighter 12-pounder long guns used before for this role. Renamed Impérial in 1805, she was destroyed at the Battle of San Domingo in 1806. Laid down as Peuple in covered basin no.3 at Brest Dockyard in October 1793, she was renamed as Vengeur after the Bataille du 13 prairial an…
1809 portrait of Duckworth
Painting of the battle by Robert Dodd