Pégase-class ship of the line

Class overview
Name: Pégase
Operators:  French Navy
 Royal Navy
Completed: 6 [1]
General characteristics
Class and type:Pégase class
Tons burthen:1500 tonnes[2]
Length:55.2 metres[2]
Beam:14.3 metres[2]
Draught:6.8 metres[2]
Propulsion:Sails
Armament:74 to 78 guns of various weights of shot

The Pégase class was type of 74-gun ships, designed by engineer Antoine Groignard.[2] It comprised six ships:[1]

Ships

Builder: Brest
Ordered: 13 July 1781
Launched: 5 October 1781
Fate: Captured by HMS Queen in 1782; deleted in 1815
Builder: Rochefort
Ordered: 13 July 1781
Launched: 24 July 1782
Fate: Captured at the Battle of Cape Noli; retaken in the Action of 7 October 1795; sold at Cadiz in June 1799
Builder: Toulon
Ordered: 13 July 1781
Launched: 16 February 1782
Fate: Burnt at the end of the Siege of Toulon. Raised in 1805 and scrapped in 1808.
Builder: Lorient
Ordered: 13 July 1781
Launched: 13 March 1782
Fate: Surrendered to the British by her Royalist crew during the Siege of Toulon; flew to England at the fall of the city; became a hulk in Portsmouth and Spithead; scrapped in 1816.
Builder: Toulon
Ordered: 13 July 1781
Launched: 6 March 1782
Fate: Burnt at the end of the Siege of Toulon. Raised in 1805 and scrapped in 1806.
Builder: Rochefort
Ordered: 13 July 1781
Launched: 25 May 1782
Fate: Burnt during the Battle of Hyères Islands by her own heated shots, exploded.

Notes and References

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roche, p.508
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Roche, p.344
    3. ↑ Roche, p.103
    4. ↑ Roche, p.150
    5. ↑ Roche, p.368
    6. ↑ Roche, p.424
    7. ↑ Roche, p.30-31

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