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Originally L'Invincible, the 74-gun ship was built in south west France on the banks of the River Charente at Rochefort in 1744. It was designed to fight all around the world, protecting France's ...

Robert Hilton was a 21-year-old surgeon's mate on HMS Swiftsure, a 74-gun ship that played its part in the destruction of the French and Spanish fleets and of Napoleon's dream of invading England.

Indeed, a friend likes to joke that the 18th century’s finest warship was a French 74-gun ship captured — and crewed — by Royal Navy mariners. The best hardware meets the best software.

HMS Implacable, formerly the French Duguay-Trouin, in Portsmouth Harbour in the 1930s. Picture: The News PP688 HMS Implacable was a 74-gun third rate of the Royal Navy.

Redoutable is a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line. She fought against HMS Victory and 2 other ships during the Battle of Trafalgar, killing Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson during the action.

An enormous French flag measuring 16x8.3 metres, captured by Admiral Lord Nelson from the French Témèraire-class 72-gun ship of the line Le Genereux during the Battle of the Malta Convoy ...