Vessel of 74 guns

The vessel of 74 guns is generally regarded as most powerful of the military vessels of the time of the marine with veil, have regard to its handiness, its firepower and its performances maritime and military total.

History

At the time of first half of the 18th century, the French navy gradually develops a new type of linership of the second rank, carrying sixty fourteen guns, whose first representative is the Bourbon. A great number of specimen are built, variable for dimensions and somewhat for the provision of the armament. That initially consisted of 26 parts of 36 books, 28 of 18,16 of 8 and 4 of 4, sets as of the Terrible of 1739, with 28 parts of 36,30 of 18 and 16 of 8.

A certain number of specimens are captured, in particular by the Royal Navy, which after having used them, undertakes to build similar models. Finally, this type of ship quickly becomes the framework of all the European fleets of combat.

At the exit of the War of Seven Years, its decimated fleet, the Kingdom of France lance a new program of naval constructions. Under the impulse of the knight Jean-Charles of Bordered, assisted by the naval engineer Jacques-Christmas Sané, the types of buildings are standardized, thanks to the preparation of plans on the scale 1/48, and the parts, in particular the mast, are standardized. The plan of the ships of 74 guns is drawn up for the construction of the vessel Téméraire, which becomes thus the leader of long series.

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