Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of the Cassard, on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris |
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| Career (France) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Cassard |
| Namesake: |
Jacques Cassard |
| Ordered: | 16 February 1793 |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Laid down: | August 1793 |
| Launched: | 2 May 1795 |
| Renamed: |
Cassard in 1795 |
| Captured: | 1806 |
| Career (UK) | |
| Acquired: | 6 February 1806 |
| Fate: | Wrecked attempting to reach Britain in April 1806. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 2900 tonnes |
| Length: | 55.87 metres (172 French feet) |
| Beam: | 14.90 metres (44' 6) |
| Draught: | 7.26 metres (22 French feet) |
| Propulsion: | Up to 2485 m² of sails |
| Complement: | 3 officers + 690 men |
| Armament: |
74 guns:
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Cassard was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was renamed Dix-août in 1798 and subsequently Brave in 1803.
On the 27 March 1801, as she sailed with the fleet of Toulon, she collided with the Formidable and had to return to harbour.
She was captured by the HMS Donegal on 6 February 1806 at the Battle of San Domingo. She foundered shortly thereafter on 12 April (without loss of life) while en route to Britain.