Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Neptune' (1797), and later for 'Temeraire' (1798) and 'Queen' (1805) prior to the latter's lengthening. She fought only one fleet action, the Battle of Trafalgar, but became so well known for her actions and her subsequent depictions in art and literature that she has been remembered as The Fighting Temeraire. ![]() Launched in 1798, she served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, mostly on blockades or convoy escort duties. ![]() HMS Temeraire was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in Historyġ1 September 1798 - Launch of HMS Temeraire, a 98-gun ship of the Neptune-class
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