French ship Marengo

French ship Marengo

The "Marengo" was a "Téméraire" class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

On 5 January, she collided with the "Tourville" off Brest.

In November 1814, she took part in the reconquest of Guadeloupe.

In 1830, she took part in the raid against Algiers, and in the expedition on riverTage the next year.

In 1854, she took part in the Crimean War.

She was struck on 21 July 1858 and was used as a prison hulk from 1860 to 1865. In 1866, she was renamed "Pluton".


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