French ship Brave (1781)
For other ships of the same name, see French ship Brave.
| Career (France) |    |
|---|---|
| Name: | Brave |
| Namesake: | Brave |
| Builder: | Rochefort |
| Laid down: | October 1779 |
| Launched: | 6 June 1781 |
| In service: | November 1781 |
| Out of service: | 1801 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Argonaute class ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 1500 tonnes |
| Length: | 55.2 m (181 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.3 m (47 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.4 m (24 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Armament: | 74 guns:
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| Armour: | Timber |
The Brave was a 74-gun Argonaute class ship of the line of the French Navy.
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.
Sources and 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.