French ship Pégase (1781)

Career (France)
Name: Pégase
Launched: 1781
Captured: 21 April 1782, by Royal Navy
Career (UK)
Name: HMS Pegase
Acquired: 21 April 1782
Fate: Broken up, 1815
General characteristics
Class and type: 74-gun Pégase class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1500 bm
Length: 55.2 metres
Beam: 14.3 metres
Draught: 6.8 metres
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Complement: 600
Armament: 74 guns of various weights of shot, later upgraded to 78
For other ships of the same name, see French ship Pégase and HMS Pegasus.

The Pégase was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class, launched in 1781.

She was captured by the Captain John Jervis on 21 April 1782 in HMS Foudroyant,[1] Jervis was invested as a Knight of the Bath for the capture.[2] Pégase was bought into the Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS Pegase. She served as a prison ship from 1799, and was broken up in 1815.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Winfield. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. pp. 68. 
  2. ^ London Gazette: no. 13694. p. 4. 1782-28-05. Retrieved 2010-07-14.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.