French ship L'Aigle (1794)
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''Aigle'' was a 74-gun French
ship of the line A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...
built at
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in 1800. In 1805 she sailed to the West Indies with where they joined a French fleet under Vice-Admiral
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. In October 1805, ''Aigle'' took part in the
Battle of Trafalgar The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (180 ...
. She was captured during the battle by a boarding party from HMS ''Defiance''. On the following day, her crew rose up against the British prize crew, and recaptured the ship. However, she was wrecked in the storm of 23 October 1805.


See also

* List of ships captured in the 19th century * List of ships of the line of France


References


Further reading

* Roche, Jean-Michel, ''Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours'', Vol.I Ships of the line of the French Navy Téméraire-class ships of the line 1800 ships Captured ships Napoleonic-era ships Ships built in France Maritime incidents in 1805 Shipwrecks of Spain {{France-mil-ship-stub