French ship Patriote (1785)
 Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of French ship Patriote (1785), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. | |
| Career (France) |    |
|---|---|
| Name: | Patriote |
| Namesake: | Patriot |
| Ordered: | 28 January 1786 |
| Builder: | Brest |
| Laid down: | October 1784 |
| Launched: | 3 October 1785 |
| Commissioned: | April 1786 |
| Decommissioned: | May 1820 |
| 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 |
Patriote was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was one of the French ships which had their hull doubled with copper.
In September 1793, during the Siege of Toulon, she was taken by the British, who removed her armament and embarked the French sailors sympathetic to the Republic. Admiral Hood having agreed to expel them, she then ferried them to Brest, where she arrived on 16 October.[2]
In 1794 she took part in the battle of the Glorious First of June, in the Croisière du Grand Hiver winter campaign in 1794 and 1795, and in the Expédition d'Irlande in December 1796.
From 1821, she was used as a hulk.
See also
References
- ↑ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ↑ Quintin, p.84
- Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon (in French). S.P.M. ISBN 2-901952-42-9.