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Will fire another curve-ball in their, Admiral Sir Josias Rowley - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Josias_Rowley,_1st_Baronet Won an extremely difficult campaign against the French in Mauritius (Ile De France) despite some heroically inept actions of his Captains. This is despite being heavily outnumbered and outgunned AND operating in the middle of the Indian ocean during Hurricane season. Would echo some of the comments about Nelson, i accept he is probably the greatest Admiral ever and won some stunning victories, however he was commanding fleets of the some of the most effective warships ever to sail the sea's against morally and technically inferior (if not numerically) inferior opponents. Also worth pointing out that Sir Cuthbert Collingwood was in command for the majority of the battle of Trafalgar, albeit implementing Nelsons tactics. Nelson is one of my biggest Hero's but he had a lot of advantages.
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If the Temeraire is the way you want to go, here on the designs for HMS Dreadnought which was a ship in the same class. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Temeraire_%281798%29#mediaviewer/File:Neptune_class_plan.jpg Unfortunately whilst their are many painting of Temeraire most contain known inaccuracies.
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Unfortunately a commonly stated mistake. They where actually two different ships. The first ship in the Royal Navy was a captured french third rate, launched in 1749 and captured by the British in the battle of lagos in 1759. She was subsequently sold out of the navy and broken up in 1784. The Temeraire of Turner fame, which fought at Trafalgar was the second ship to bear the name, laid down in 1793 in Chatham and was indeed a 98 gun second rate and would be a great candidate for a generic second rate BUT i sense the admins where looking for a none British ship.
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Only problem with Bucentaure is that it was late in the period and by the time it was launched was only really a third rate.
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Sketch of Sans Pariel in this class http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sans_Pareil_%281794%29#mediaviewer/File:HMS_Sans_Pareil_%281794%29.jpg Painting of William Tell, (HMS Malta) another ship in this class http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Guillaume_Tell_PU5634.jpg Stern view of Formidable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ship_Formidable_%281795%29#mediaviewer/File:Beau_fait_d%27armes_du_capitaine_Troude_3895.jpg Sketch of Franklin before she was captured by the British and renamed HMS Canopus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Canopus_%281798%29#mediaviewer/File:HMS_Canopus_%281798%29.jpg Lots of famous ships in this class.
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Why not use the French version of the Tonnant (Captured by the British at the Nile) She was the lead ship in her class laid down in 1787 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tonnant_%281798%29
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