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French ship Apollon (1788)

{{short description|Ship of the line of the French Navy}}

{{Other ships|French ship Apollon}}

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|Ship country=France

|Ship flag={{Shipboxflag|Kingdom of France|naval}} Image:Flag of French-Navy-Revolution.svg {{Shipboxflag|France|naval}}

|Ship name=Apollon

|Ship namesake=Apollo, Gasparinus de Bergamo, François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers

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|Ship builder=Rochefort

|Ship laid down=April 1787

|Ship launched=21 May 1788

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|Ship commissioned=1788

|Ship decommissioned=1797

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|Ship renamed=*Gasparin in February 1794

  • Apollon on 16 May 1795
  • Marceau on 6 June 1798

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|Ship fate=Broken up 1798

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|Header caption={{cite web |url=http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_v_V4.html |title=La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques |first=Alain |last=Clouet |work=dossiersmarine.free.fr |year=2007 |accessdate=4 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323150546/http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_v_V4.html |archivedate=23 March 2013 }}

|Ship class={{sclass|Téméraire|ship of the line}}

|Ship displacement=*1,966 tonnes

  • 3,260 tonnes fully loaded

|Ship length={{convert|55.87|m|ft}} (172 pied)

|Ship beam={{convert|14.90|m|ftin}}

|Ship draught={{convert|7.26|m|ft}} (22 pied)

|Ship propulsion=Up to {{convert|2485|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of sails

|Ship armament=*74 guns:

|Ship armour=Timber

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Apollon was a {{sclass|Téméraire|ship of the line|4}} 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

In 1790, Apollon was the flagship of Charles Louis du Chilleau de La Roche, in Brest. {{sfnp|Du Chilleau|1815|p=10}}

Between 1791 and 1793, she was based in Saint-Domingue.

During the Siege of Toulon, her commanding officer, Captain Imbert, negotiated the surrender of the town with Admiral Hood aboard {{HMS|Victory}}. After the siege, she ferried 1,500 anti-revolutionary prisoners to Rochefort, where most of them were executed.

She took part in the battle of the Glorious First of June, and the Croisière du Grand Hiver ("Campaign of the Great Winter") in 1794–1795.

She was eventually broken up in 1798.

Citations

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References

  • {{cite book |last1=Du Chilleau |first1=Alex |title=Au Roi. Exposé des services du contre-amiral Mis Du Chilleau. |date=1815 |publisher=Leblanc |location=Paris |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k8518993.image}}
  • {{cite book |first1=Rif|last1=Winfield| first2=Stephen S |last2=Roberts |title=French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786—1862: Design Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth|year=2015|isbn=978-1-84832-204-2}}

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Category:Ships of the line of the French Navy

Category:Téméraire-class ships of the line

Category:1788 ships

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