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HMS ''Implacable'' was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was originally the French Navy's ''Téméraire''-class ship of the line ''Duguay-Trouin'', launched in 1800. She survived the Battle of Trafalgar only for the British to capture her at the subsequent Battle of Cape Ortegal. In British service she participated in the capture of the Imperial Russian Navy 74-gun ship of the line ''Vsevolod'' (Russian: ''Всеволод'') in the Baltic in 1808 during the Anglo-Russian War. Later, ''Implacable'' became a training ship. Eventually, she became the second oldest ship in the Royal Navy after , Lord Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar. When the Royal Navy finally scuttled ''Implacable'' in 1949, she flew both the French and British flags side-by-side as she sank. == French career == Originally named ''Duguay-Trouin'' after René Trouin, Sieur du Gué. Construction, to a plan by Rolland but updated to a plan by Sané, began in 1794 but was interrupted in 1795. She was finally laid down in 1797,〔McGowan (2005), p. 294〕 and launched at Rochefort in 1800. On 22 November 1802, under Captain Claude Touffet, she departed Toulon as part of a squadron commanded by Commodore Quérangal, also comprising the frigate ''Guerrière'' and the flagship ''Duquesne'', a sister ''Téméraire''-class vessel armed en flûte. Bound for Santo Domingo, the squadron found itself blockaded in Cap Français during the Blockade of Saint-Domingue by HMS ''Elephant'', ''Bellerophon'', ''Theseus'' and ''Vanguard''. After a successful sortie in the dark, the squadron split up. ''Guerrière'' and ''Duguay-Trouin'' managed to escape but ''Vanguard'', with ''Tartar'', captured ''Duquesne''.〔 〕 Under ''Capitaine de Vaisseau'' Lhermite she participated in an action at Cap Français. On 21 October 1805, the ''Duguay-Trouin'' took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, where she was part of the vanguard of the French fleet under ''Contre-amiral'' Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, and was one of four French ships that escaped capture that day. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Implacable (1805)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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