The ''Vétéran'' was a

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of the

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. She was a development of the , joining in a two-ship sub-class. The pair, both built by

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to the plans of

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, were enlarged to carry an upper deck battery of

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s instead of the 18-pounders used on the standard ships of the ''Téméraire'' class. Ordered as ''Magnanime'', she was renamed ''Quatorze Juillet'' on 7 May 1798, and ''Vétéran'' on 6 December 1802. On 13 December 1805, she departed Brest under captain

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, as part of Willaumez division, to participate in what became the

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. The

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scattered the division and ''Vétéran'' found herself isolated. She cruised off Quebec, destroying

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and skirmishing with Royal Navy forces. She eventually returned to France and evaded the British blockade, entering

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thanks to the experience of a sailor who had been a fisherman in the region. However, she ended up trapped, unable to leave the harbour for years. At some point before 1812 she fled to

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. In 1812, she took part in

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. She then sailed to Brest under Captain Jurien de Lagravière. She was decommissioned in 1833, and broken up in 1842.Roche, vol.1, p.461

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