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|Name=''Courageux''
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|Class before={{sclass|Ganges|ship of the line|4}}
|Class after={{sclass|Mars|ship of the line|4}}
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|In service range= 21 January 1783 - 1848
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*172 ft 3 in (52.5 m) (gundeck)
*140 ft 5¼ in (42.8 m) (keel)
*Lengthened:
*172 ft 3½ in (52.5 m) (gundeck)
*140 ft 5¼ in (42.8 m) (keel)
*Modified:
*180 ft (54.9 m) (gundeck)
*147 ft 7 in (45 m) (keel)
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*47 ft 9 in (14.6 m)
*Modified:
*48 ft ¾ in (14.6 m)
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|Ship armament=*74 guns:
*Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders
*Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders
*Quarterdeck: 14 × 9-pounders
*Forecastle: 4 × 9-pounders
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|Ship notes=Ships in class include: {{HMS|Carnatic|1783|2}}, {{HMS|Colossus|1787|2}}, {{HMS|Leviathan|1790|2}}, {{HMS|Minotaur|1793|2}}, {{HMS|Aboukir|1807|2}}, {{HMS|Bombay|1808|2}}, {{HMS|Blake|1808|2}}, {{HMS|San Domingo|1809|2}}
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The '''''Courageux''-class [[ships of the line]]''' were a class of six 74-gun [[third rate]]s of the [[Royal Navy]]. Their design was a direct copy of the French ship {{ship|French ship|Courageux|1753|2}}, captured in 1761 by {{HMS|Bellona|1760|6}}. This class of ship is sometimes referred to as the '''''Leviathan'' class'''. A further two ships of the class were built to a slightly lengthened version of the ''Courageux'' draught. A final two ships were ordered to a third modification of the draught.

==Ships==

===Standard group===
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*{{HMS|Carnatic|1783|6}}
:Builder: Dudman, [[Deptford]]
:Ordered: 14 July 1779
:Launched: 21 January 1783
:Fate: Broken up, 1825

*{{HMS|Colossus|1787|6}}
:Builder: Clevely, [[Gravesend, Kent|Gravesend]]
:Ordered: 13 December 1781
:Launched: 4 April 1787
:Fate: Wrecked, 1798

*{{HMS|Leviathan|1790|6}}
:Builder: [[Chatham Dockyard]]
:Ordered: 9 December 1779
:Launched: 9 October 1790
:Fate: Sold out of the service, 1848

*{{HMS|Minotaur|1793|6}}
:Builder: [[Woolwich Dockyard]]
:Ordered: 3 December 1782
:Launched: 6 November 1793
:Fate: Wrecked, 1810
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===Lengthened group===
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*{{HMS|Aboukir|1807|6}}
:Builder: Brindley, [[Frindsbury]]
:Ordered: 24 November 1802
:Launched: 18 November 1807
:Fate: Sold, 1838

*{{HMS|Bombay|1808|6}}
:Builder: [[Deptford Dockyard]]
:Ordered: 23 July 1805
:Launched: 28 March 1808
:Fate: Broken up, 1825
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===Modified group===
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*{{HMS|Blake|1808|6}}
:Builder: Deptford Dockyard
:Ordered: 30 October 1805
:Launched: 23 August 1808
:Fate: Sold, 1816

*{{HMS|San Domingo|1809|6}}
:Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
:Ordered: 30 October 1805
:Launched: 3 March 1809
:Fate: Sold, 1816
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==References==
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*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}.
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