Argonaute-class ship of the line
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Argonaute |
| Operators | French Navy |
| Preceded by | Scipion class |
| Completed | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Argonaute class |
| Displacement | 1,500 tonnes |
| Length | 55.22 m (181 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 14.29 m (46 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 7.39 m (24 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
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The Argonaute class was a class of two 74-gun ships of the French Navy, built to a common design by naval constructor François-Guillaume Clairin-Deslauriers. The design was lengthened by 4feet 9½ inches (4½ pieds) from the designer's previous Scipion class, which had been found to lack stability. The designer died on 10 October 1780, and the construction of these ships was completed by Jean-Denis Chevillard, who was appointed his successor as ingénieur-constructeur en chef at that dockyard in July 1781.