The Aigle was a 74-gun French

France

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 ship of the line

Ship of the line

A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...

 built at Rochefort

Rochefort, Charente-Maritime

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 in 1800.

In 1805 she sailed to the West Indies with Algésiras

French ship Algésiras

Algésiras was a 74-gun French ship of the line built at Lorient in 1804, named after the Battle of Algeciras.In 1805 she sailed to the West Indies with Aigle where they joined a French fleet under Vice-Admiral Villeneuve....

 where they joined a French fleet under Vice-Admiral Villeneuve

Pierre-Charles Villeneuve

Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve was a French naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars. He was in command of the French and Spanish fleets defeated by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar....

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In October 1805, Aigle took part in the Battle of Trafalgar

Battle of Trafalgar

The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....

. She was taken during the battle.

On the following day, her crew rose up against the British prize crew, and recaptured the ship. However, she was wrecked in the storm of 23 October 1805.