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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Temeraire class ship of the line, French ship Viala, French ship America, French ship Achille, French ship Scipion, French ship Droits de l'Homme, French ship Redoutable, French ship Duquesne, French ship Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French ship Impetueux, HMS Spartiate, French ship Genereux, French ship Mont-Blanc, French ship Regulus, French ship Hautpoult, HMS Belleisle, French ship Jean Bart, French ship Veteran, French ship Algesiras, French ship Hercule, French ship Pompee, French ship Fougueux, French ship Cassard, French ship Polonais, French ship Pluton, French ship Boree, French ship Ville de Marseille, French ship Tyrannicide, French ship Trident, French ship Aquilon, French ship Jupiter, French ship Rivoli, French ship Marengo, French ship Suffren, French ship Tonnerre, French ship Apollon, French ship Jemmapes, French ship Lion, French ship Le Triomphant, French ship Tigre, French ship Nestor, French ship Eole, French ship Argonaute, French ship Magnanime, French ship Brutus, French ship Trajan, French ship Commerce de Bordeaux, French ship Temeraire, French ship Tourville, French ship Quatorze Juillet, French ship Entreprenant, French ship Patriote, French ship Heros, French ship Wattignies, French ship Audacieux, French ship Orion, French ship Couronne, French ship Thesee, French ship Superbe, French ship Romulus, French ship Aigle, French ship Union. Excerpt: The Temeraire class ships of the line was a class of 107 74-gun ships of the line built between 1782 and 1813 for the French navy. The type was and remains the most numerous class of capital ship ever built. The class was designed by Jacques-Noel Sane as part of the fleet expansion programme instituted by Jean-Charles de Borda. The design was appreciated in Britain, which eagerly commissioned captured ships and even copied the design with the Pompee c...
