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French ship Brave (1781)

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History
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NameBrave
NamesakeBrave
BuilderRochefort
Laid downOctober 1779
Launched6 June 1781
In serviceNovember 1781
Out of service1801
FateHulked 1799
General characteristics
Class and typeArgonaute class ship of the line
Displacement1500 tonnes
Length55.2 m (181 ft)
Beam14.3 m (47 ft)
Draught7.4 m (24 ft)
PropulsionSail
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • 28 36-pounders
  • 30 18-pounders
  • 16 8-pounders
  • Later rasé to 52
ArmourTimber

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.

References

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  • 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.