French ship Brave (1781)
Ship of the line of the French Navy
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Brave was a 74-gun Argonaute-class ship of the line of the French Navy.
NameBrave
NamesakeBrave
BuilderRochefort
Laid downOctober 1779
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Brave |
| Namesake | Brave |
| Builder | Rochefort |
| Laid down | October 1779 |
| Launched | 6 June 1781 |
| In service | November 1781 |
| Out of service | 1801 |
| Fate | Hulked 1799 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Argonaute-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 2,943 tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 1,424 port tonneaux |
| Length | 55.2 m (181 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 14.3 m (46 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
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Commissioned in 1781, she was put in the reserve in 1788, but reactivated in March 1791. Two years later, she was decommissioned again, and razeed to a 52-gun frigate. She took part in the Biscay campaign of June 1795 under Captain Antoine René Thévenard.
She later served under Captain Rolland, and was used as a hulk in Toulon from 1798.
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 84. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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