French ship Cassard (1795)
 Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of French ship Cassard (1795), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. | |
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Cassard |
| Namesake: |
Jacques Cassard 10th of August Bravery |
| Ordered: | 16 February 1793 |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Laid down: | August 1793 |
| Launched: | 2 May 1795 |
| Renamed: |
Cassard in 1795 Dix-août in 1798 Brave in 1803 |
| Captured: | 1806 |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Acquired: | 6 February 1806 |
| Fate: | Wrecked attempting to reach Britain in April 1806. |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 2,966 tonnes 5,260 tonnes fully loaded |
| Length: | 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied) |
| Beam: | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied) |
| Propulsion: | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
| Armament: | 74 guns:
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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
On 10 February 1801 Dix-août captured the 16-gun cutter HMS Sprightly, which she scuttled.
On the 27 March 1801, as Dix-août sailed with the fleet of Toulon, she collided with the Formidable and had to return to harbour.
On 4 February 1803, her name was changed to Brave.
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.
References
- ↑ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 April 2013.