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French ship Lion (1804)
Lion
was a
74-gun
ship of the line
of the
French Navy
.
She took part in
Allemand's expedition of 1805
under
Captain
Eleonore-Jean-Nicolas Soleil
.
On
21 October
1809, she
departed
Toulon
escorting
a convoy
bound
to
Barcelona
.
Six days
into
the journey
, she
encountered
a
British
squadron
sent by
Admiral
Cuthbert Collingwood
, which gave
chase
. In the ensuing
Battle of Maguelone
,
Lion
ran aground
near
Sète
, and was
set on fire
by her crew to avoid capture.
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