HMS Implacable (1805)
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HMS Implacable was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was originally the French Navy's Téméraire-class ship of the line Duguay-Trouin, launched in 1800.
Implacable in 1894, by W. J. Sutton
The taking of the Duguay-Trouin at the 1805 Battle of Cape Ortegal, after Trafalgar, painted by Charles Dixon
The gallant encounter between HMS Boadicea and two French warships Le Duquay-Trouin and Guerriére on 31 August 1803. William John Huggins
The Russian ship Vsevolod burning, after the action with the Implacable and Centaur, destroyed in the presence of the Russian Fleet near Rogerwick bay on 26 August 1808
Ship of the line
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A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which involved the two columns of opposing warships maneuvering to volley fire with the cannons along their broadsides. In conflicts where opposing ships were both able to fire from their broadsides, the opponent with more cannons firing – and therefore more firepower – typically had an advantage.
A 1784 painting of French ship of the line Saint-Esprit by Nicholas Pocock
Two fleets in their line of battle during the Battle of Cuddalore
HMS Hercule as depicted in her fight against the frigate Poursuivante
The carrack Henri Grace à Dieu, from the Anthony Roll