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Built	1789
Fate	Ran aground after Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
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Complement:	700 men
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Indomptable ("Indomitable") was an 80-gun ship of the line in the French Navy. Image File history File links French-Ensign. ... This is one of six ratings (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th) in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ... Ships of the line were 1st, 2nd, or 3rd-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ... The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the maritime arm of the French military and is the largest Western European navy in terms of number of active-duty vessels. ...

She took part in the Glorious First of June on 29 May 1794, engaging the English Barfleur and Orion simultaneously, after which the Indomptable, having lost her masts, was towed to Brest. The Glorious First of June (also known as the Third Battle of Ushant and in French as the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2) was a naval battle fought in the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 1794 between the Royal Navy and the navy of Revolutionary France. ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Battle of the Saintes, 12 April 1782: surrender of the Ville de Paris by Thomas Whitcombe, painted 1783, shows Hoods Barfleur, centre, attacking the French flagship Ville de Paris, right. ... HMS Orion (1787 at Deptford) a 74-gun 3rd rate ship of the line which fought at the Battle of the Nile and at Trafalgar where, with Ajax, she forced the surrender of the French ship Intrépide (74). ...

In 1795, she served in the Mediterranean under contre-amiral François Joseph Bouvet. She took part in the landing attempt in Ireland planned by General Louis Lazare Hoche. In 1801, she was engaged in the campaign in Egypt, but was unable to break the English blockade and stayed in Toulon. Other elements of the fleet managed to reach Elba. Satellite image The Mediterranean Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. ... François Joseph Bouvet (23 April 1753 - 21 July 1832) was a French admiral. ... Louis Lazare Hoche (June 24, 1768 - September 19, 1797) was a French general. ... Location within France Coat of Arms of Toulon Toulon (Tolon in Provençal) is a city in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. ... Elba (top center) from space, February 1994 Elba and the Tuscan Archipelago. ...

The Indomptable fought in the Battle of Algeciras in 1801 when she was again badly damaged. In 1802 and 1803, she served in Toulon under Admiral Latouche Tréville. On 17 January 1805, she went to sea under Admiral Villeneuve, together with ten other ships of the line and eight frigates, and on 20 January the fleet sailed for the French Caribbean. The Battle of Algeciras Bay began on July 8, British squadron of seven ships of the line, one frigate and one brig, under French squadron of three line-of-battle ships and one frigate, under Admiral Linois. ... Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville Letter by Latouche-Tréville Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville (Rochefort-sur-mer, 3rd of June 1745 - Toulon, aboard vessel Bucentaure, 19th of August 1804) was a French admiral and a hero of the American Revolutionary War and of the Napoleonic... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve (31 December 1763 – 22 April 1806) was a French naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Off Cadiz, the fleet was joined by the Aigle, 74, and six Spanish ships of the line under Vice-Admiral Gravina. When the fleet reached the West Indies, Villeneuve sent Commodore Cosmao-Kerjulien with the Pluton and the Berwick to attack the British position on Diamond Rock, which surrendered on June 2nd. Villeneuve returned to Europe on hearing that Nelson had arrived in the West Indies. The Pluton was a 74-gun French ship of the line which took part to the Battle of Trafalgar under Captain Julien Cosmao. ... The Berwick was a 3rd rate 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, originally built at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1775. ... Diamond Rock (Rocher du Diamant) is a 1000 feet high rocky island located just off Fort-de-France, the main port of the island of Martinique. ...

On 22 June 1805, in the battle of Cape Finisterre the quartermasters of Indomptable spotted the British fleet under Sir Robert Calder, after a violent artillery exchange, the fleets were separated in the fog. Exhausted after six months at sea, the fleet anchored in Ferrol before sailing to Cádiz to rest and refit. With his command under question and planning to meet the British fleet to gain a decisive victory, Villeneuve left Cádiz and met the British fleet near Cape Trafalgar. June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval battle of the War of the Third Coalition in the Napoleonic Wars, fought on 22 July 1805 off Cape Finisterre in northwest Spain between a British fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Robert Calder and a French fleet commanded by Admiral Pierre Charles... Portrait of Robert Calder by Lemuel Francis Abbott, painted 1797 Admiral Robert Calder ( 1745– 1 September 1818) was a British naval officer who served in the Seven Years War, the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. ... Ferrol can refer to: EUROPE Ferrol, Spain City and Naval Station in North Western Spain, European Union Note: Place of birth of both Francisco Franco (1892) the Spanish dictator and Pablo Iglesias (1850) founder of PSOE and UGT. ASIA Ferrol, Romblon Small Town in the Philippines Note: The Philippines got... City nickname: Tacita de plata (little silver cup) Official website: http://www. ... Cape Trafalgar (Spanish: Cabo Trafalgar) is a headland in Cadiz Province in the South-West of Spain. ...

During the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805, the Indomptable was in the Spanish line between the San Justo and the Santa Anna. She engaged the British Revenge, Dreadnought and Thunderer. She left the battle with the Spanish, and rescued the survivors of the Bucentaure before returning to Rota. Combatants United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland First French Empire, Spain Commanders The Viscount Nelson † Pierre Charles Silvestre de Villeneuve Strength 27 ships of the line, 4 frigates, 2 others France: 18 ships of the line, 8 others Spain: 15 ships of the line Casualties 449 killed; 1,214... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... Revenge, launched in 1805, was a third-rate of 74 guns. ... As quarantine ship, mid-1800s HMS Dreadnought was a second-rate of 98 guns of the Royal Navy. ... HMS Thunderer (1783 at Rotherhither) a 74-gun 3rd rate ship of the line which fought at Trafalgar. ... The French sail battleship Bucentaure was the flagship of Vice-Admiral Latouche Tréville, who died on board on 18 August 1804. ... Look up rota in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

During the following night, a storm broke her anchor chains and she ran aground. Only about 150 out of 1200 men (the 700-man crew and 500 survivors of the Bucentaure) survived.