French ship Trajan (1792)
- French ship Trajan (1792)
The "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 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.
External links
* [http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_v_V4.html Ships of the line]
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