For other ships with the same name, see French ship Argonaute.

Argonaute was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October. On the left the French Swiftsure, next to her the Spanish Bahama, then HMS Colossus firing into the French Argonaute. Painting by Richard Henry Nibbs

Under Vice-amiral Villaret de Joyeuse, she took part in the Saint-Domingue expedition in 1802. She took part in the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805, and managed to return to Cádiz. Unable to leave the harbour because of the British blockade and damage, she was exchanged for the Vencedor in December 1806. She was renamed Argonauta, but was never recommissioned.[2]

See also

Citations

  1. ^ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  2. ^ Roche, Jean-Michel (2012). "Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom d'Argonaute". netmarine.net (in French). Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.

References

  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786—1862: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.


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