Argonaute-class ship of the line

Class overview
Name	Argonaute
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Scipion class
Completed	2
General characteristics
Class and type	Argonaute class
Displacement	1,500 tonnes
Length	55.22 m (181 ft 2 in)
Beam	14.29 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draught	7.39 m (24 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	74 guns comprising:; Lower deck ("1st tier") 28 × 36-pounder long guns; Upper deck ("2nd tier") 30 × 18-pounder long guns; Gaillards ("3rd tier") 16 × 8-pounder long guns;

The Argonaute class was a class of two 74-gun ships of the French Navy, built to a common design by naval constructor François-Guillaume Clairin-Deslauriers. The design was lengthened by 4feet 9½ inches (4½ pieds) from the designer's previous Scipion class, which had been found to lack stability. The designer died on 10 October 1780, and the construction of these ships was completed by Jean-Denis Chevillard, who was appointed his successor as ingénieur-constructeur en chef at that dockyard in July 1781.^[1]

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Class overview

Name	Argonaute
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Scipion class
Completed	2^[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Argonaute class
Displacement	1,500 tonnes^[2]
Length	55.22 m (181 ft 2 in)
Beam	14.29 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draught	7.39 m (24 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	74 guns^[1] comprising: Lower deck ("1st tier") 28 × 36-pounder long guns Upper deck ("2nd tier") 30 × 18-pounder long guns Gaillards ("3rd tier") 16 × 8-pounder long guns

Argonaute-class ship of the line

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