Téméraire-class ship of the line
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The Téméraire-class ships of the line were a class of a hundred and twenty 74-gun ships of the line ordered between 1782 and 1813 for the French navy or its attached navies in dependent (French-occupied) territories. Although a few of these were cancelled, the type was and remains the most numerous class of capital ship ever built to a single design.
Scale model of Achille, a typical French seventy-four of the Téméraire class at the beginning of the 19th century.
Fight of the Poursuivante against the British ship HMS Hercules, 28 June 1803
Stern of a model of the Triomphant
Battle between the French warship Droits de l'Homme and the British frigates Amazon (right) and Indefatigable (left), 13 & 14 January 1797.
Seventy-four (ship)
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The "seventy-four" was a type of two-decked sailing ship of the line, which nominally carried 74 guns. It was developed by the French navy in the 1740s, replacing earlier classes of 60- and 62-gun ships, as a larger complement to the recently-developed 64-gun ships. Impressed with the performance of several captured French seventy-fours, the British Royal Navy quickly adopted similar designs, classing them as third rates. The type then spread to the Spanish, Dutch, Danish and Russian navies.
Scale model of Achille, a typical French seventy-four of the Téméraire class at the beginning of the 19th century.
Broadside of a French 74-gun ship from 1755 (1/24th scale model)
Inner arrangement of a Russian 74-gun ship. Elements of Sané's design are present, but with a British-style layout.
Geometric and scenographic projection of a Venetian 74-gun Leon Trionfante-class ship, late 18th century.