French ship Lion (1803)
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![]() Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Lion (1803), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.
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Name: | Lion |
Builder: | Rochefort, Charente-Maritime |
Laid down: | 30 June 1802 |
Launched: | 12 January 1804 |
Fate: | Scuttled and burnt on 26 October 1809 |
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Class & type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
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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 |
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Armour: | Timber |
Lion was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
She took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805 under Captain Eleonore-Jean-Nicolas Soleil.
On 21 October 1809, she departed Toulon escorting a convoy bound to Barcelona. Six days into the journey, she encountered a British squadron sent by Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, which gave chase. Lion ran aground near Sète, and was set on fire by her crew to avoid capture.
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