French ship Cassard (1795)
 Scale model of the Brave, probably made by French sailor prisoners in Great Britain, Art Gallery of Ontario
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| History | |
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| Name | Cassard |
| Namesake | |
| Ordered | 16 February 1793 |
| Builder | Lorient |
| Laid down | August 1793 |
| Launched | 2 May 1795 |
| Renamed |
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| Captured | 1806 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Acquired | 6 February 1806 |
| Fate | Foundered attempting to reach Britain in April 1806. |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 55.87 m (183 ft 4 in) (172 pied) |
| Beam | 14.90 m (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 7.26 m (23 ft 10 in) (22 pied) |
| Propulsion | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
Cassard was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was renamed Dix-août in 1798, in honour of the events of 10 August 1792, and subsequently Brave in 1803.
Career[edit]
On 10 February 1801 Dix-août captured the 16-gun cutter HMS Sprightly, which she scuttled. On 27 March 1801, as Dix-août sailed with the fleet of Toulon, she collided with Formidable and had to return to harbour.
On 26 September 1805 Indivisible and Dix-Août succeeded in shooting away Swiftsure's yards and masts, crippling her and so capturing her.[2] Swiftsure had two men killed, two men mortally wounded, and another six wounded; the French lost 33 killed and wounded.[2] See main article Action of 24 June 1801.
On 4 February 1803, her name was changed to Brave.
She was captured by HMS Donegal on 6 February 1806 at the Battle of San Domingo. She foundered shortly thereafter on 12 April 1806 without loss of life while en route to Britain.
Citations[edit]
- ^ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ a b "No. 15437". The London Gazette. 19 December 1801. pp. 1505–1506.
References[edit]
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 153. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
External links[edit]
Media related to Cassard (Ship, 1795) at Wikimedia Commons
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