French ship Diomède (1803)

	Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Diomède (1803), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name	Union
Namesake	Union
Builder	Lorient
Launched	1799
Fate	Sank in storm 1806
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire class ship of the line
Displacement	2966 tonnes; 5260 tonnes fully loaded;
Length	55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam	14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught	7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
Propulsion	Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament	74 guns:; Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns; Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder long guns; Forecastle and Quarter deck:; 16 × 8-pounder long guns; 4 × 36-pounder carronades;
Armour	Timber

The Union was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was renamed Diomède in 1803. She was wrecked and burnt at the Battle of San Domingo.

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