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French ship Redoutable (1791)
The ''Redoutable'' was a ''Téméraire'' class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She took part in the battles of the French Revolutionary Wars in the Brest squadron, served in the Caribbean in 1803, and duelled with HMS ''Victory'' during the Battle of Trafalgar, killing Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson during the action. She sank in the storm that followed the battle.
Built as ''Suffren'', the ship was commissioned in the Brest squadron of the French fleet. After her crew took part in the Quibéron mutinies, she was renamed to ''Redoutable''. She took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver, the Battle of Groix, and the Expédition d'Irlande. At the Peace of Amiens, ''Redoutable'' was sent to the Caribbean for the Saint-Domingue expedition, ferrying troops to Guadeloupe and Haiti.
Later, she served in the fleet under Vice-admiral Villeneuve, and took part in the Trafalgar Campaign. At the Battle of Trafalgar, ''Redoutable'' rushed to cover the flagship ''Bucentaure'' when the ship following her failed to maintain the line. She tried in vain to stop Nelson's HMS ''Victory'' from breaking the line and raking ''Bucentaure'', and then engaged her with furious cannon and small arms fire that silenced the British flagship and killed Nelson. As her crew prepared to board ''Victory'', HMS ''Temeraire'' raked her with grapeshot, killing or maiming most of her crew. ''Redoutable'' continued to fight until she was in danger of sinking before striking her colours. She foundered in the storm of 22 October.
== Career==
The ship was laid down at Brest in January 1790, and launched as ''Suffren'' on 31 May 1791. She was the first ship of the French Navy named in honour of Vice-admiral Suffren de Saint Tropez, who had died a hero of the American War of Independence on 8 December 1788. She was completed there in December 1792.〔
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