Ship of the line of the French Navy
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| History |
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   France |
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| Name | Trajan |
| Namesake | Trajan |
| Ordered | 19 October 1787 |
| Builder | Lorient |
| Laid down | 17 May 1790 |
| Launched | 24 January 1792 |
| Commissioned | November 1792 |
| Decommissioned | June 1802 |
| Renamed | Gaulois 1797 |
| Fate | Broken up 1805 |
| General characteristics |
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| Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement |
- 2966 tonnes
- 5260 tonnes fully loaded
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| Length | 55.87 metres (183 ft 4 in) (172 pied) |
| Beam | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 7.26 metres (23 ft 10 in) (22 pied) |
| Propulsion | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
| Armament | |
| Armour | Timber |
Trajan was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
In 1793, Trajan was commissioned in Lorient, under captain Villaret de Joyeuse.
At the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2, along with Éole, she engaged and dismasted the British HMS Bellerophon.
In 1797, she took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, an ill-fated attempt to invade Ireland. On 17 December 1797, she was renamed Gaulois.
She was eventually broken up in 1805.
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