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Or the former Duguay-Trouin, captured 3/11/1805 and eventually, shamefully, sunk 2/12/1949.
Too expensive for restoration in post war Britain she was offered to France, who declined for similar reasons. So she was towed out to the east of the Isle of Wight and sunk by explosive charge.

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Implacable being towed out to be scuttled

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Note that the stern facia has been removed, and is displayed at Greenwich

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Implacable sinking

A video, in French, showing the ship being scuttled and demonstrating that jerky camera movement is nothing new – http://www.wat.tv/video/16mm-1949-fin-duguay-trouin-2fgc7_2jy7f_.html

Subsequently the World Ship Trust was founded, which features the Implacable’s stern on it’s badge with the motto “Implacable – never again“.